[AC-Admins] CGI:IRC config change

[Ben Stone]

That's awesome! Great find Scott :3 I will mod my config tonight for this.

-Ben

Scott 'Simba' Garron wrote:
>       It turns out that the newer versions of UnrealIRCd include direct 
> support for CGI:IRC clients.  What that means is that when a user 
> connects to a properly configured server using the web chat at 
> http://chat.anthrochat.net/ , it will show the user's actual IP address 
> or hostname (munged with umode +x, of course) as their hostname instead 
> of just "www-data at anthrochat.net".  This is a nice feature for anyone 
> operating a channel who wants to set more effective bans on web users. 
> Where /mode +b ~r:[hexcode]* will work, most folks and clients aren't 
> aware that they can do that.  This makes CGI:IRC behave like any other 
> client connecting directly from the end user.
>
>       What that means for you guys is that you need to add another 
> config block somewhere in your unrealircd.conf file that looks like this:
>
> /*
>   * cgiirc {}
>   * This allows you to configure hostmask pass-through for a CGI:IRC
>   * client
>   */
>
> cgiirc {
>          type webirc;
>          hostname "205.244.242.238";
>          password "";
> };
>
>
>       Most of the users just use the default server (lion) when 
> connecting with the CGI:IRC client at http://chat.anthrochat.net/ , but 
> I have seen some users change the default and use one of the other 
> AnthroChat servers.  For consistency sake, it would be good if all of 
> the servers had this block added to their configurations.
>
>       Since this list is archived publicly on the web, I'm not including 
> the password.  As each of you have indicated that the block has been 
> added to your server, I'll forward the password directly to you.
>
>