Is there a decentralised version of finger, write and talk?
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Has someone made a secure, decentralised, terminal-based replica of finger, write and talk?
In other words, a utility that lets you look up and communicate with a handful of friends, eg. finger joe to see if Joe is at his computer, talk joe to chat with Joe, and so on.
Obviously you can use these legacy commands as-is if all your friends log in to the same server, but I'm wondering if there is a solution that lets you do this without a central server, so basically:
- Open your local terminal
- Type
talk <your friend's email address, or alias> - Your friend gets a request in his local terminal
PS! To my knowledge, there were no group chats in legacy UNIX, but if there is some sort of solution for this, it surely would be a plus if this was supported as well.
terminal write finger
asked Mar 6 at 11:41
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Has someone made a secure, decentralised, terminal-based replica of finger, write and talk?
In other words, a utility that lets you look up and communicate with a handful of friends, eg. finger joe to see if Joe is at his computer, talk joe to chat with Joe, and so on.
Obviously you can use these legacy commands as-is if all your friends log in to the same server, but I'm wondering if there is a solution that lets you do this without a central server, so basically:
- Open your local terminal
- Type
talk <your friend's email address, or alias> - Your friend gets a request in his local terminal
PS! To my knowledge, there were no group chats in legacy UNIX, but if there is some sort of solution for this, it surely would be a plus if this was supported as well.
terminal write finger
asked Mar 6 at 11:41
forthrinforthrin
9431122
Maybefinch(I've not tried it)
– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
3
This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
2
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
If you want to, you can still runwriteand viasshit should be secure. (For example,writeis available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.
– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33
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Has someone made a secure, decentralised, terminal-based replica of finger, write and talk?
In other words, a utility that lets you look up and communicate with a handful of friends, eg. finger joe to see if Joe is at his computer, talk joe to chat with Joe, and so on.
Obviously you can use these legacy commands as-is if all your friends log in to the same server, but I'm wondering if there is a solution that lets you do this without a central server, so basically:
- Open your local terminal
- Type
talk <your friend's email address, or alias> - Your friend gets a request in his local terminal
PS! To my knowledge, there were no group chats in legacy UNIX, but if there is some sort of solution for this, it surely would be a plus if this was supported as well.
terminal write finger
asked Mar 6 at 11:41
forthrinforthrin
9431122
Has someone made a secure, decentralised, terminal-based replica of finger, write and talk?
In other words, a utility that lets you look up and communicate with a handful of friends, eg. finger joe to see if Joe is at his computer, talk joe to chat with Joe, and so on.
Obviously you can use these legacy commands as-is if all your friends log in to the same server, but I'm wondering if there is a solution that lets you do this without a central server, so basically:
- Open your local terminal
- Type
talk <your friend's email address, or alias> - Your friend gets a request in his local terminal
PS! To my knowledge, there were no group chats in legacy UNIX, but if there is some sort of solution for this, it surely would be a plus if this was supported as well.
terminal write finger
terminal write finger
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forthrinforthrin
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forthrin
asked Mar 6 at 11:41
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asked Mar 6 at 11:41
forthrinforthrin
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asked Mar 6 at 11:41
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Maybefinch(I've not tried it)
– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
3
This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
2
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
If you want to, you can still runwriteand viasshit should be secure. (For example,writeis available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.
– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33
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show 2 more comments
Maybefinch(I've not tried it)
– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
3
This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
2
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
If you want to, you can still runwriteand viasshit should be secure. (For example,writeis available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.
– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33
Maybe
finch (I've not tried it)– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
Maybe
finch (I've not tried it)– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
3
3
This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
2
2
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
If you want to, you can still run
write and via ssh it should be secure. (For example, write is available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33
If you want to, you can still run
write and via ssh it should be secure. (For example, write is available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33
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finch(I've not tried it)– Stéphane Chazelas
Mar 6 at 11:55
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This is not so much context. I suppose in modern days one would use IRC with a terminal-based client. Would that be what you are looking for?
– Bananguin
Mar 6 at 11:55
I don't think IRC really matches the 'secure' or 'decentralised' aspect from the OP.
– Panki
Mar 6 at 11:59
2
@Panki you can use TLS with IRC nowadays, which helps with the secure part. I don’t know if it counts as decentralised, but you can run your own server ;-).
– Stephen Kitt
Mar 6 at 12:16
If you want to, you can still run
writeand viasshit should be secure. (For example,writeis available in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.) But IRC is a more modern alternative.– sudodus
Mar 6 at 12:33