WEBIRC Support.

[dinsley]

Option for the password should go in the configuration file. I'm working on this.

[tehsu]

Any ideas when this will be added? thanks

[mikesheen]

I'm keen to see this implemented also. At the moment my ircd config has a limit set to a maximum of 5 connections per ip as a defensive measure - currently I have qwebirc and mibbit happily using the webirc protocol which exempts them from this limit, but still routes the users real ip and hostname to my irc server - making disruptive users possible to manage.

Without webirc implemented I can't deploy Subway in production.

A nice explanation of the webirc protocol is here : http://wiki.mibbit.com/index.php/WebIRC

Thanks

[Thermionix]

+1

[zenware]

Didn't realize what this was at first and I thought it might be something related to URI handlers, but I was wrong. I'm going to create a new issue, but I definitely think this is a good idea though!
+1

[mikesheen]

It's not just a good idea, it's pretty much essential for web based IRC clients. Long ago I moved on and found another web IRC client that does use the WEBIRC protocol, but Subway is purty so if this makes it into the codebase - I'll give it another try :)

[thedjpetersen]

I am not to familiar with this protocol - would someone want to take a whack at implementing this?

[Polsaker]

@thedjpetersen: It is pretty easy:
The client sends before the USER/NICK/PASS a WEBCHAT like with the following syntax:
WEBIRC [password] [username] [hostname] [ip]
And the IRCd changes the user hostname/ip to the one specified in the webirc line.
(The password is configured on the ircd side and hostname is the resolved ip of the user)

[Zodzie]

Any update on this? I can't use this to connect to the good servers due to "MAXIMUM USERS FROM THIS ADDRESS" limit