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Re:Chat over SSH by falcolas on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @10:55AM (#8851192)
The only change request I'd suggest is using IRC as the backend for that chat (i.e. make the ssh chat daemon act as an IRC client to a local IRC instance instead of using the Server.Broadcast mechanism) - it would give a big boost in functionality with not a lot of additional effort.
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Re:Chat over SSH by Gurkenmaster on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:04AM (#8851266)
Most irc channels are public. It's not that useful unless the channel or maybe the entire server is ssh and invite only.
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Re:Chat over SSH by irremediable on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @11:10AM (#8851303)
Wasn't the suggestion to run an IRC server on the server you're SSHing into? In which case, surely it'd only be accessible from that machine...
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Re:Chat over SSH by falcolas on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @01:38PM (#8852313)
Yup, this. The first obvious benefit is a well tested & implemented chat engine with rooms, and the ability to add existing chat bots.
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