Using IRC as a hub?

mad1max · Post by **mad1max** » 2005-11-21 17:37

Hi,

is it possible/hard to modify dc++ so it can use a channel in the irc (quakenet?) as a hub? Everyone in our Intranet fears to be responsible for an hub, so this, i think would be a nice solution.

Mark

ivulfusbar · Post by **ivulfusbar** » 2005-11-21 18:24

Yes to some extent. But it do require some work to function correctly. The protocols are different. You can high-jack the irc-protocol in an CTCP-manner. I think sandos wrote a small script for it in the past with some basic functionality.

FCN-Eki · Post by **FCN-Eki** » 2006-02-19 15:26

But upkeeping hub is totally legal, hub gives just a search engine and chat room. If there's a goverment that blames a hub, they could blame google and every chat as well?

Post by **GargoyleMT** » 2006-02-19 15:42

That's not a sound argument.

sandos · Post by **sandos** » 2006-02-28 22:40

ivulfusbar wrote:Yes to some extent. But it do require some work to function correctly. The protocols are different. You can high-jack the irc-protocol in an CTCP-manner. I think sandos wrote a small script for it in the past with some basic functionality.

Thats right, it's available at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=47459, but it was very buggy. Chatting, Searching and transfers all worked at least once though ;)

Any IRC network would mind the traffic from a hidden hub being run though.

ivulfusbar · Post by **ivulfusbar** » 2006-03-01 07:46

only obfusticatious with it would be ISPs disallowing the running of a DC-hub but not an IRC-server. But it will only be a temporary solution. And if it was an issue, a tunneled hub would work better than that. ;))

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