[plug] OSS web based chat room server

[Meryon Montgomery]

Hi,
    I am looking for a chat room style server that I can embed into a 
web site. I need something that forms part of a web site because the 
server sits behind several layers of firewalls and only port 80 is 
allowed through. The machine is a Debian Sarge machine running a LAMP 
stack.

Some of the other requirements (wish list) are listed below:

1. Its to allow students from several schools to communicate live in a 
private chat room, for a specific project.

2. Only the students and their teachers can view and participate in the 
conversation.

3. As the sys admin, I have sole control of the registration of students 
and teachers.

The students already have access to a phpbb based forum to post their 
opinions and answers, but a request has come in to provide this live 
chat feature. ( Thats what constantly delivering the impossible gets 
you, more impossible requests).

I hope that there is an already existing OSS solution to my needs.

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Thanks

Meryon Montgomery

ICT Co-ordinator / Maths Teacher, Pemberton DHS
President, Pemberton Cricket Club
Captain, Pemberton Golf Club
Chairman, Pemberton Community Telecentre Management Committee

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