Re: TI-H: AOL chat rooms (was "linux...")


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Re: TI-H: AOL chat rooms (was "linux...")




David Knaack (dknaack@hotmail.com) wrote:

>>From: Christopher Kalos <raptorone@geocities.com>
>>One, [AOL Chat] IS an IRC server.  Just because the client 
>>is heavily modified doesn't keep it from being and IRC server.
>
>My main question is what proof (not just evidence) do you have
>that AOL uses an IRC server for their internal chat rooms?
>
>>The protocols are 100% exactly the same.  All AOL did was
>>heavily mask them over so that no one from the outside would 
>>really notice.
>
>How do you know that he protocols are the same?
>
>>I'm also pretty sure that you need to connect to the AOL
>>server only if you're on a dialup.  Otherwise, you can't, 
>>seeing as you're already on a network.  You can just irc
>>from a normal server at that point.
>
>I don't follow you, what do you mean?  Are you saying that
>only AOL dialup users can connect to irc02.irc.aol.com?
>Even if true (which I suspect it is), I don't see how
>this supports the assertation that AOLs internal chat rooms
>are servered by an IRC server (or are you just saying why
>I couldn't connect thru my firewall?).

AOL's chat rooms are based upon HTML.  They use HTML tags.  It is not IRC.

--Brian

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