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[Shaun]

It probably bounces it through the server of the website that CGI:IRC is being hosted on. There might be an FAQ on the site though, who knows?

[Samuraid]

I would guess Perl opens a socket to the IRC server and acts as a proxy. And it doesn't look ugly because of the Perl, how good a script looks simply depends on how well the developers designed their HTML.

My only concern would be how much CPU such a script would require, as Perl tends to use much more CPU than other web scripting languages we use.

EDIT:
The script definitely uses a unix socket to connect to the IRC server which is disallowed by the AUP of our host.

We do not allow IRC, egg drop bots, or anything of the sort on our network. IRC servers are extremely prone to DoS activity. If you are caught running an IRC server inside our network your account will be terminated immediately. This is a pretty common practice in the hosting industry today. The rule is, you can run anything on the server as long as no one can access it via a standard IRC client.

Also one of the admins clarifies:
http://forums.serverbeach.com/showpo...7&postcount=13
They have standard IRC ports blocked and this server would be acting as a termination point of an IRC connection.

[crono_logical]

We need either SSL-enabled CGI:IRC then (encrypted traffic, technically it's no longer IRC - our IRC server is already SSL enabled on 6697), and/or Aex opens non-standard ports for chat e.g 7000 and I set the java irc to point there instead - at least it would allow some more users to connect if not all, if it's basic firewalls blocking them Or BoB lets me do it *hinthint*

I've tried but failed myself to compile the SSL stuff into our current jIRC and get it connecting correctly at the same time, but I don't mind if someone else has a go, Samuraid

[crono_logical]

Ok, I've updated the chat pages with new info and stuff The java IRC client will now try ports 6667, 6669, and 7000 - most institute firewalls will only block the first two, since they're the common registered IRC ports

Also, the error:null doesn't necessarily mean it's an old java version issue - you can also get that if there's a firewall killing the connection on your PC or wherever - I just never got round to updating the text until now

[Shaun]

The updated chat page will not work. And if the AUP does not allow CGI:IRC's method of connecting, then that's too bad. I guess I'll have to try and rely on other pages for CGI:IRC (although there aren't many that let me connect to ANY IRC server/channel).

[crono_logical]

You should keep a bookmark list of those that you find that will let you

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by cl_out

You should keep a bookmark list of those that you find that will let you

I have them saved in a text file. But it's not remembering them that's the issue, it's the fact that they sometimes don't work properly, or at all. Thankfully, there's one working at the moment though.