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This page <font color="red">link to new page</font> has information about what other agencies are publicly doing in Second Life. Please add what your agency is doing here. | This page <font color="red">link to new page</font> has information about what other agencies are publicly doing in Second Life. Please add what your agency is doing here. | ||
=Solution | =Working Group Wiki= | ||
The United States National Defense University has set up a working group wiki (https://fedsl.brainkeeper.net ) to support the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds (http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/fedconsortium.html ) - a group of federal government employees and contractors interested in exploring the use of virtual worlds in government, sharing best practices and policies, creating shared repositories, and networking. Request membership to the consortium wiki by emailing federalconsortiumvw@ndu.edu with the subject "Request for Consortium Wiki". | |||
=Questions about the firewall?= | |||
More information in the [http://www.secondlife.com/support Second Life Knowledge Base] - after you log in, search for "firewall." | |||
Second Life needs to connect to ports 443/TCP, 12043/TCP, 12035/UDP, 12036/UDP, and 13000-13050/UDP. | |||
For voice, the following ports need to be reachable through any firewall infrastructure: | |||
* Port 21002 - TCP - for voice control signals | |||
* Ports 12000-13000 - UDP - for voice media | |||
* Port 80/443 - TCP - for Web server | |||
* Ports 5060 or 5062 - UDP - for voice control signals | |||
Note: Your firewall software may request permission to let “SLVoice.exe” and “SLVoiceAgent.exe” access the internet on their first execution; you should allow this access. | |||
=Solution Providers= | |||
* [[Solution Providers]] | |||
* [[Solution Provider Support]] | * [[Solution Provider Support]] | ||
* [[SLDev Forum Transcripts]] | * [[SLDev Forum Transcripts]] | ||
* [[Office_Hours|Linden Office Hours]] | * [[Office_Hours|Linden Office Hours]] | ||
Note: We are working on getting a list of Solution Providers that have government clearance or are registered. If you are such a solution provider, please add your details to this page. <font color="red">to be created</font> | Note: We are working on getting a list of Solution Providers that have government clearance or are registered. If you are such a solution provider, please add your details to this page. <font color="red">to be created</font> | ||
Revision as of 11:20, 1 February 2008
Introduction
The intention of this wiki is to share information on what international government agencies are publicly doing in Second Life, interesting links, and guidance from others on government related policies, such as firewall security and 508 compliance information. Please add your own content, questions, and experiences. If you add a new wiki page, please sure to add a link to that page here as well as add ""
Mailing Lists
Linden Lab maintains a Real Life Government in Second Life mailing list to keep interested individuals alerted to government agency related opportunities and events on the Second Life Grid. This list is also an opportunity for organizations to communicate with each other as well as find new colleagues. If you want to quickly get up to speed and learn from the shared experiences of others on the Second Life Grid, or if you have questions about how to best use the Second Life Grid with your organization's projects, this is the best place to start! MAILING LIST TO BE CREATED
We also maintain other related mailing lists to help you find colleagues and share ideas on more specific topics. In addition to joining the comprehensive mailing list mentioned above, you might like to join these more focused discussions. They are: Educators, Non-Profits, and Corporate Use
Second Life Group
There's a Second Life Group called Real Life Government in Second Life which is comprised of people who are interested in the possibilities of Second Life as it relates to government agency mission statements. If you'd like to keep in touch with others inworld, please feel free to join this Group (click the Find button and search under Groups for 'Government'). This group is by invitation only. Figure out process to join group
What Other Agencies are Doing
This page link to new page has information about what other agencies are publicly doing in Second Life. Please add what your agency is doing here.
Working Group Wiki
The United States National Defense University has set up a working group wiki (https://fedsl.brainkeeper.net ) to support the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds (http://www.ndu.edu/irmc/fedconsortium.html ) - a group of federal government employees and contractors interested in exploring the use of virtual worlds in government, sharing best practices and policies, creating shared repositories, and networking. Request membership to the consortium wiki by emailing federalconsortiumvw@ndu.edu with the subject "Request for Consortium Wiki".
Questions about the firewall?
More information in the Second Life Knowledge Base - after you log in, search for "firewall."
Second Life needs to connect to ports 443/TCP, 12043/TCP, 12035/UDP, 12036/UDP, and 13000-13050/UDP.
For voice, the following ports need to be reachable through any firewall infrastructure:
- Port 21002 - TCP - for voice control signals
- Ports 12000-13000 - UDP - for voice media
- Port 80/443 - TCP - for Web server
- Ports 5060 or 5062 - UDP - for voice control signals
Note: Your firewall software may request permission to let “SLVoice.exe” and “SLVoiceAgent.exe” access the internet on their first execution; you should allow this access.
Solution Providers
Note: We are working on getting a list of Solution Providers that have government clearance or are registered. If you are such a solution provider, please add your details to this page. to be created