[Wocky] Re: Invitation to participate in the Jabber messaging pilot

[Paul B. Hill]

Hi Cecilia,

To date we haven't investigated any of the browser based Jabber clients, nor
have we developed a timeline of when we will tackle this issue. There is the
open source JWChat <http://jwchat.sourceforge.net/> which looks interesting.
However, the authentication issue presents a challenge at the moment. 

Scott Thorne has also indicated that there is some interest in creating an
OKI OSID implementation to use the Jabber service for IM. I don't think
anyone at MIT is actively working on that, but perhaps someone outside of
MIT is working on it. 

Paul Hill
Information Services and Technology



-----Original Message-----
From: wocky-bounces at MIT.EDU [mailto:wocky-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
Joanne M. Hallisey
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 9:30 AM
To: Cecilia Marra
Cc: wocky at mit.edu
Subject: [Wocky] Re: Invitation to participate in the Jabber messaging pilot

Hi Cecilia,

I am copying the list so that the others can see your list of 
requirements and answer.

Thanks,
Joanne

>Hi Joanne,
>
>I would like to participate in this pilot.  I am looking for a chat 
>product that could be integrated (thin client, browser-based) within 
>a student advising web site, so that students could ask questions 
>and have them answered by advisors real time.  I would like 
>kerb/certificate authentication and encryption, to abide by FERPA 
>regulations.  It'd be great if those requirements could be met by a 
>chat service offered through IS&T.
>
>Thanks.
>Cecilia
>
>
>At 10:59 AM 10/18/2005, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>
>>IS&T invites you to participate in a pilot of a Jabber Instant 
>>Messaging service.   Jabber is an instant messaging system that 
>>allows MIT users to communicate with one another and Jabber users 
>>elsewhere on the Internet. Jabber also supports creation and 
>>joining of chat rooms for group communication. Additionally, many 
>>Jabber clients also offer support for other instant messaging 
>>systems such as AIM (AOL) and YIM (Yahoo).
>>
>>The intention of the pilot is to learn more about requirements for 
>>providing this as an enterprise messaging service and understand 
>>some of the support and service issues.  The pilot will focus on 
>>setting up the server environment and delivering installers for 
>>GAIM and AdiumX (software clients for Linux, Macintosh and Windows).
>>
>>The Jabber pilot team will provide limited best effort support, and 
>>pilot participants are strongly encouraged to give feedback. As the 
>>pilot progresses, the team will send updates and post them to the 
>>web pages listed below. The pilot will run through December 2005. 
>>IS&T will start a more formal release effort if the pilot is 
>>successful.
>>
>>The following draft web pages provide download information, 
>>configuration instructions and information about known issues.
>>
>>Jabber Service Page
>><http://web.mit.edu/ist/services/messaging/jabber.html>
>>
>>Jabber Stock Answer Branch
>><http://itinfo.mit.edu/answer.php?id=7916>
>>
>>Please note:
>>As always, protect your password.  Do not allow the client program 
>>to store your password.
>>
>>For questions or more information please contact the team via the 
>>Wocky mailing list:
>>Wocky at mit.edu
>><http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/wocky>
>>
>>Thank you.
>>For the Jabber Team,
>>--
>>Joanne Hallisey
>>_______________________________________________
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>>
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>>--
>>Joanne Hallisey
>>Sr. Project Manager
>>MIT - Information Services and Technology
>>617-253-1894
>
>Web and Database Consultant
>Office of Academic Services
>MIT
>617-253-1196
>cmarra at mit.edu


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Joanne Hallisey
Sr. Project Manager
MIT - Information Services and Technology
617-253-1894
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