Stateless IM

[Trevor "TeC" Christian]

Andy Pieters wrote:

>Hi list
>
>Does anyone know of a program that can directly connect a Linux box to a 
>windoze box so that we can chat?
>  
>
I recall doing a little search for a LAN chat program some while back.

These required no server and nothing more than a LAN...

I never tried it personally, but I remember coming across something 
called Akeni Lan which was cross platform if i recall correctly.

http://www.akeni.com/en/product/lanmessenger.php

>Privacy is one thing, the other is with normal instant messengers, all clients 
>are dependant on the server.  If the server is overloaded or unavailable, it 
>doesn't work.
>
>By stateless I actually meant that it doesn't rely on a constant connection, 
>like if for instance it uses the UDP protocol to send messages and the TCP to 
>send acks or something?
>
>Anyone know of such a beast?
>
>With kind regards
>
>Andy
>
>  
>


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