From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F801381F3 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E84821C127; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f171.google.com (mail-we0-f171.google.com [74.125.82.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5FB5D21C111 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:30:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f171.google.com with SMTP id u3so1850414wey.16 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:30:47 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Gz5oENG7zw22Q944X8dNzmS3k861TWNBK5mD47nkpSU=; b=pr1PjtpjSPZz1bV9o47wUTGfix+bCnEZdXD0ky+phDkthQm+D4rJbBnNK0HLOBlM7B fs8rtDdhOLWjpafzGbvXtLRXnAIEfXbEUuMCm3lRXjhLdzWnHUFwKmdRVaBA9grw/T27 BvAqhLJevz+STDVfKuiyZYl1sFXJPifvI6rQMcMTQgEqL7DsGw2Al7wGcvuYRy7T7LVV N3nBmT2VhDujypAkzfpbgwK3SpX2v/DdSge9rCeG+3i8/mDUY9mz3aP+vyA508q7Wlkp oF0i5Hrklxn2GAFUg0P64GVAkZzs1WyH12pVWHesvu89guD3uJ3sXOkZuoUDRrDyWBEO 8qNA== X-Received: by 10.180.99.227 with SMTP id et3mr19268015wib.6.1356039047079; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:30:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-209-117.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.209.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h19sm27002208wiv.7.2012.12.20.13.30.44 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:30:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:27:07 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} open-source: chat, tasks, resources, code Message-ID: <20121220232707.550a4dba@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: References: <50CF44B4.2050107@orlitzky.com> <20121218031156.01923a71@khamul.example.com> <20121218123016.3ec9c220@marcec.hunte.us> <20121218145051.097c4d65@khamul.example.com> <20121218155745.23a3ed9f@marcec.hunte.us> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2286ffde-50b0-42c3-8ea5-8404dd7184be X-Archives-Hash: 29fbdc95c2aa03cc3a41b310533e33fa On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:02:46 -0800 Grant wrote: > >> I should have specified that the people in the organization are > >> spread out in different locations. > >> > >> It sounds like it is difficult/dangerous to run an internet-facing > >> IRC server and ejabberd is unstable? > > > > This is what VPNs are for. I haven't really heard anything seriously > > problematic about ejabberd outside of some folks dislike of adding > > another language runtime. > > > > Whatever you decide to run internally, you're going to need to > > become knowledgeable in its administration. This is why a fair > > amount of folks are outsourcing communications infrastructure. Few > > believe they have the time to learn to manage the thing properly. > > Is ejabberd difficult to run over the internet safely? Not especially difficult. It's just another daemon that runs and does things much like classic daemons do. It listens to one port and doesn't do anything weird or funky. To make it safe, you just follow regular guidelines about security, firewalls etc. Your job is *much* easier if you intend to run a closed server used only by users you create, which is what you intend if I read it right. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com