Local network

[Tres Finocchiaro]

>
> Indeed, Bonjour is a solution, but I think it's probably not very
> configurable. It might be sufficient though.


Yes, there is almost no configurable options at all.  For example, if you
require conversation logging, you can turn that on at the PC level but any
user can just as easily turn it off.

Display names are exactly as they are typed and you must all be on the same
network (or have a mDNS reflector service which relays the broadcast from
one network to the next).

Also, from a security perspective, the mDNS protocol in general has some
items that you may want to research as well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration_networking#Security_issues

-Tres

- Tres.Finocchiaro at gmail.com

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Brian Morrison <bdm at fenrir.org.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Jan 2015 13:17:38 -0500
> Tres Finocchiaro wrote:
>
> > > > You would need to set up a local XMPP server on a suitable
> > > > machine in
> > > your network then allow Pidgin clients to connect to it.
> >
> >
> > This statement is correct, but using Bonjour on the same network would
> > eliminate the need for a server entirely and clients would still be
> > able to use chat for inter-office communication.
>
> Indeed, Bonjour is a solution, but I think it's probably not very
> configurable. It might be sufficient though.
>
> --
>
> Brian Morrison
>
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