LAN chat server?

[markzero]

> Timothy Luoma wrote:
> >If not Jabber, what else?
> 
> You could give 'silc' a try. It's in the ports tree:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/url.cgi?ports/net/silc-server/pkg-descr
> 
> There are clients for most operating systems, both graphical and not.
> 
> --Tim Erlin
> 

I once used an IRC server for this purpose. It was hidden from the
outside world and could only be accessed via an SSH server:

   [ irc ]---<---[ ssh ]-------[ fw ]-----
                                 |
                               [ lan ]  

I would recommend UnrealIRCd and Anope services (both are in ports).

Jabber is a good choice, the only downside being that there seems to be
a distinct lack of text-only clients.

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