[...]... Chapter 7 Google Talk in the Enterprise 179 Introduction 180 Implementing Google Talk in Your Network 180 Configuring for Google Talk: Standalone Client 180 Deploying Google Talk Client 181 Deploying Google Talk: Client Registry Changes 181 Allowing Google Talk Client Network Traffic 183 Configuring for Google Talk: Google. .. these implementations Figure 1.7 Google Mail Chat www.syngress.com 368_GT_04_01_dummy.qxd 11/10/06 2:51 PM Page 13 Introduction • Chapter 1 Obviously, the sky is the limit for an application like Google Talk, with the full resources of Google, Inc behind it Google Talk has already been implemented into other Google apps, such as their Google Desktop (http://desktop google. com), with the potential for... easy to find our friends and talk to them, as shown in Figure 1.6 The answer for this type of user is Google Talk Figure 1.6 Google Talk Client Introducing Google Talk The Google Talk client was a huge step forward for Google as a means of tying in communications with its wide suite of applications For one, Google Talk is one of the few open-standard chat services around, using the widely www.syngress.com... spend countless hours blocking access from outside clients Google Talking Without a Client Throughout this book we will become intimately familiar with the Google Talk standalone client, shown in Figure 1.6 However, that is not the only means of communication Google turned a lot of heads when it decided to implement Google Talk capabilities within Google Mail, as shown in Figure 1.7 Using any Internet-accessible... AIM.That was until August 2005, when Google Talk was released After a rocky start, I began using Google Talk exclusively as my chat client It provided all the main features that I wanted, without all the fluff that the other clients offered The Rise of Google Google Inc has recently joined the instant-messaging foray with the release of Google Talk Everyone seems to know Google Well known for creating the... to-the-point interface Introducing Google Talk Google Talk might be the newest IM service to emerge, but with a strong brand name and loyal following, it could become one of the most popular clients in upcoming years Google Talk not only operates with its standalone client, it is also tied into a number of Google services, such as Google Mail For chatters on the move, Google Talk is also fully supported... client, Google Mail, or many of Google s other Web-based applications When Google Talk was envisioned, the planners decided to take advantage of the Jabber protocol, an open-standard protocol based upon XML that’s used in a large variety of networks Its design makes it easy for third-party developers to create modifications and extensions to Google Talk or create their own clients that can converse with Google. .. 11/10/06 2:51 PM Page 4 Chapter 1 • Introduction Google store the accounts for millions of users, but it also maintains an invisible social network, tying various accounts together Google knows who invited you to join their Google Mail service, as well as whom your friends are in Google Talk, creating an interesting network of your friends and family Other Google services, such as Orkut (www.orkut.com),... join your social circle Google has also started work on its line of Web-based office applications It currently offers the ability to create and store documents and spreadsheets (http://docs .google. com), maintain your calendar schedules (www .google com/calendar/), and store your favorite photos (http://picasaweb .google com) We’ll take a look at many of these applications and see how Google Talk plays a vital... other applications, such as Google s Documents and Spreadsheets applications Google s interoperability is often the butt of many jokes, though, after the recent press that they have received over their ad-based Google Mail system Pretty soon, we may see Google Talk monitoring our conversations, as demonstrated in the UserFriendly.org comic strip in Figure 1.8 Figure 1.8 Google Talk Helping With Bad . . . . . .11 Introducing Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Google Talking Without a Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Google Talking On the Go . . .180 Configuring for Google Talk: Standalone Client . . . . . .180 Deploying Google Talk Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 Deploying Google Talk: Client Registry Changes . . .181 Allowing Google. . . . .183 Configuring for Google Talk: Google Mail . . . . . . . . . .183 Blocking Google Talk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 Blocking Google Talk Traffic . . . .