README.md

ircserv

An IRC server that is capable of holding many (up to 1000) IRC clients.

• Downloading

git clone git@github.com:AkewakBiru/ircserv.git

• Installation

make

• Running the program

./ircserv PORT PASSWORD

Simple connection with an nc client

echo -n "user user * * :user\r\nnick nick\r\npass SERVER_PASSWORD\r\n" > connect_me

cat connect_me - | nc SERVER_IP SERVER_PORT

Sending command with nc client

command - should end with CRLF -> to replicate CR (carrage-return), use CTRL + V, then CTRL + M and for LF (line-feed), use return key.

It also works well with irssi (an official IRC client)