[IAEP] Global XO connections (was Re: [sugar] Sugar Camp Cambridge 17-21 Nov)

[Robert McQueen]

Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Robert McQueen
> <robert.mcqueen at collabora.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>>  * Expose JIDs in the UI and allow them to be typed in and approved by
>>   normal subscription requests, allowing collaboration with anyone
>>   whose JID you know
> 
> With this, we and our target countries need to start thinking about
> the infrastructure for global communication among students. Issues:

True. What I described is just an enabling step on the client side -
what we allow on the servers is a separate policy discussion. Currently
our recommended ejabberd configuration on school servers disables any
server to server connections, so we'd have to enable that too, but then
you could make a whitelist of "connect to these schools" for example, or
you can always limit which interconnections are made by firewall rules too.

Regards,
Rob

> o Interaction with school security
> o Safety from predatory adults, including personal safety, and also
> spamming, phishing, etc.
> o Appropriate social networking
> o Networking for teachers
> o Networking for parents, other family, and community
> o Individual vs. sister school connections
> o International communication in the curriculum: languages, cultural
> exchange, history, geography, civics, economic development,
> environment...
> 
>> Regards,
>> Rob
>>
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>> Robert McQueen                                 +44 7876 562 564
>> Director, Collabora Ltd.             http://www.collabora.co.uk
> 
> 


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Robert McQueen                                 +44 7876 562 564
Director, Collabora Ltd.             http://www.collabora.co.uk