[49133] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How important is IM? was RE: How important is the PSTN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Pardini)
Tue Jun 25 17:33:11 2002
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:31:44 -0500
To: Scott Call <scall@devolution.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Anthony Pardini <tony@pardini.org>
In-Reply-To: <3D18C66A.9010108@devolution.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Jabber supports SSL connections
>We run an internal Jabber server which all employees log into. This
>eliminates the reliance on an outside server (AOL/Yahoo/etc) as well as
>the security concerns of same outside servers.
>
>Of course it's still cleartext over TCP, so it's not 100% secure but it's
>localized traffic.
>
>We find it invaluable especially since our department has become
>geographically diverse. To be able to pop "Can you look at TT#XYZ?" vs an
>email or phone call is quite nice.
>
>-Scott
>
>>
>--
>Scott Call Router Geek, ATGi, home of $6.95 Prime Rib
>"...Everything's going to be just great again!"
>
