Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!toby From: toby@angst.forefront.com.au (Toby Sargeant) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: ICQ numbers Date: 13 Mar 1998 07:18:55 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <3506f145.5827417@news.playstation.co.uk> <35072BC7.2328FC29@cybec.com.au> <35088CB9.F69ABAA5@cybec.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: modem09.cs.monash.edu.au X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.6 UNIX) [Not crossposted - hopefully most of the americans (can) read the scee newsgroups as well] On Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:32:41 +1000, Toby Hutton wrote: > >Can anyone use Goofy? I thought only Monash CS students used it. I spoke to the author, and as far as he's concerned, he's prepared to give out the source to anyone with a good enough reason, and he seems to think that Net Yaroze is a good enough reason :). So, it's quite feasible to set up a server for it, expressly for Yaroze members. It's not quite as complex as ICQ, which in my eyes, is also a bonus. What's needed is a (fairly standard) unix box with a permanent connection to the net. Bandwidth is an issue, so ISDN or higher is another requirement. The server doesn't need to run as a trusted user, so the security risks are pretty low (I won't say nonexistant, because i don't think it's wise to ever say that, but it has had almost 6 years of testing at monash). So anyway, is there any interest? It might even be nice if SCEE or SCEA would consider hosting it... Toby.