[Imc-communication] global irc gathering??

[Daniel P]

On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 mac at immerda.ch wrote:
> i think a global IMC meeting (either with irc or silc) would be a good
> idea! for the silc i actually don't know it, but if it's possible to
> have a secure, encrypted meeting, even better. but it also depends on
> how long it would take to build a global silc indy server. if it takes
> a while and causes even more discussions maybe it's best to start with
> an irc meeting as soon as possible :-)

I also think it's a good idea, and I think that IRC would suffice - if we 
bothered to use SILC, we'd have to make sure that every participant was 
trusted, and I don't think that's logistically feasible.  In other words, 
there's no point using encryption when you don't know (and consequently 
have no reason to trust) the majority of people on the line.  Folks who 
need to keep local network snoops (their boss?) from seeing what they're 
doing can use SSL to the IRC server.

IRC clients are far more ubiquitous than SLIC clients, and I say that as 
someone who has both.

Daniel P
Pittsburgh IMC Volunteer