To admins/site staff... CGI:IRC

Shaun · 01-16-2006, 12:08 PM

If this is in the wrong forum, please move it. I would like to ask if you could somehow look into having CGI:IRC on EoFF's chat webpage instead of jIRC. Or even both. I cannot connect via jIRC as I can't upgrade Java at college, and I cannot use ANY IRC application. I usually have to look for hours on Google to find a page with CGI:IRC that would let me connect to #eoff.

So, what's so good about this CGI:IRC? It lets you connect to any IRC server through a firewall, that's what's so good about it. And I am sure I'm not the only one in need of this, as there's plenty of other students here who'd like to go onto #eoff in that spare time in-between lessons.

Please, consider it, thanks.

Loony BoB · 01-16-2006, 12:15 PM

Sounds dangerous... I mean, that would mean I'd be able to be online at work, too... >_>;

Sounds interesting enough, I'll let clout look into this one. Someone might want to tell Aexoden that this thread exists, too. *dunno*

Shaun · 01-16-2006, 12:31 PM

If you want to take a peek at what CGI:IRC looks like, and how it is in action, then go to: http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/

I'm not sure whether it must be purchased, but I'm sure it's fairly cheap if you have to do that. Well, heck if I know.

Her Majesty's Agent Umaro · 01-16-2006, 04:15 PM

Considering the url, http://cgiirc.sourceforge.net/, I do not believe it would cost anything. But that's been my experience.

crono_logical · 01-16-2006, 04:33 PM

Well the test one seems to work at my work in places where the java one fails

I'll look into how it manages to do this first before sticking it on EoFF though, since if it's getting past the firewalls and stuff, it must be doing something funny

Levian · 01-16-2006, 04:44 PM

But I don't like the design

Shaun · 01-16-2006, 05:17 PM

I know it's kind of fugly, but it does the job. I think it's because it's writen in Perl (right?) and it somehow manages to shuffle past port 6667 which most firewalls block.

But hey, what do I know?

crono_logical · 01-16-2006, 05:31 PM

Something must connect to 6667 though, since that's where the end server is

That's what I want to know, since if it's proxying through the web server (the script's running there, not on the browser), we can't have dozens of connections coming from our one web server due that's where the cgi application is running from

Loony BoB Administrator Chocobo Location: Edinbugger	#2 (permalink) Sounds dangerous... I mean, that would mean I'd be able to be online at work, too... >_>; Sounds interesting enough, I'll let clout look into this one. Someone might want to tell Aexoden that this thread exists, too. dunno
01-16-2006, 12:15 PM

Shaun Version Two Location: Stockport, Manchester, England.	#3 (permalink) If you want to take a peek at what CGI:IRC looks like, and how it is in action, then go to: http://cgiirc.blitzed.org/ I'm not sure whether it must be purchased, but I'm sure it's fairly cheap if you have to do that. Well, heck if I know.
01-16-2006, 12:31 PM

Her Majesty's Agent Umaro Gone	#4 (permalink) Considering the url, http://cgiirc.sourceforge.net/, I do not believe it would cost anything. But that's been my experience.
01-16-2006, 04:15 PM

crono_logical Administrator Hypnotising you Location: Back in Time	#5 (permalink) Well the test one seems to work at my work in places where the java one fails I'll look into how it manages to do this first before sticking it on EoFF though, since if it's getting past the firewalls and stuff, it must be doing something funny
01-16-2006, 04:33 PM

Levian GUADOSALAM!!!!! Location: cum ree	#6 (permalink) But I don't like the design
01-16-2006, 04:44 PM

Shaun Version Two Location: Stockport, Manchester, England.	#7 (permalink) I know it's kind of fugly, but it does the job. I think it's because it's writen in Perl (right?) and it somehow manages to shuffle past port 6667 which most firewalls block. But hey, what do I know?
01-16-2006, 05:17 PM

crono_logical Administrator Hypnotising you Location: Back in Time	#8 (permalink) Something must connect to 6667 though, since that's where the end server is That's what I want to know, since if it's proxying through the web server (the script's running there, not on the browser), we can't have dozens of connections coming from our one web server due that's where the cgi application is running from
01-16-2006, 05:31 PM