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

[Cecilia Marra]

Thanks, Paul.

Forgive me for being pushy or obtuse (and greedy!), but based on potential 
interest and the pilot status of this effort, can authentication, 
encryption, and a thin client be included in the functional requirements of 
this tool?

There is a product I just recently heard about, in use by some other 
educational institutions, called LivePerson 
(http://www.timpani.com/).  They have an ASP business model and I don't 
know what technology they're using.  You can embed the feature in a web 
site, and it supposedly has 128-bit SSL encryption.  The cost is actually 
fairly reasonable, but of course I'd much rather explore a service offered 
by MIT.

Cecilia


At 10:55 AM 10/19/2005, Paul B. Hill wrote:
>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
> >>_______________________________________________