[JDEV] libjabber 'port' and licensing

[Wing, Oliver]

Dave,

> Try telnetting to port 80 on one of 'em, and see if that works.
> If that doesn't work, they've blocked outgoing TCP connections
> at least to port 80.

Just small point, but simply telneting to a port doesn't tell you whether
you really have a connection to that machine. Many corps have
port-forwarding on 80 into a Proxy, to save having to do client
configuration. What you'd need to test is whether you can do anything other
than an HTTP request on that port.

I personally don't see a problem in HTTP polling, nor feel it's that
complicated to implement.

Regards,

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Oliver Wing