Minbif An IRC gateway to the modern world

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Minbif
An IRC gateway to the modern world
Romain
[email protected]
RMLL, July 2010
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IRC
• Created in 1988
• Channels oriented
• Geek compliant
• No extra useless features
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Instant Messaging
• Lot of protocols from 90s to now
• Contacts oriented
• Craps compliant
• Files sharing, webcam, wizz
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BitlBee
• Launched the concept of IRC gateway
• Forked AIM
• Crappy code and manager
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libpurple
• AIM split to Pidgin and libpurple
• 15 officials plugins (MSN, Jabber, ICQ, ...)
• A lot of other unofficials (twitter, skype, ...)
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Minbif
• Created a year ago
• Written in C++
• Uses libpurple
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Buddy list
• Buddies are IRC users
• Status channels (several)
• /INVITE to add a buddy
• /KICK to remove a buddy
• /BAN to block a buddy
• /QUERY to talk with a buddy
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Conversation channels
• /LIST to display channels of an account
• Start with dieze
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File transfers
• Get nude pics
• Use DCC to send and receive files
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CACAcam
• ASCII art webcam
• Received by DCC CHAT
• irssi script to display it on the
query window
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CACAcam
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DLFP
• The linuxfr.org board
• Messages from XML served by HTTP
• Send messages with HTTP POST
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DLFP
11:49:07
see> [11:48:41] vous croyez qu’un jour on parlera des moules comme
aujourd’hui on parle des Lumières du XVIIIe ?
11:49:37 . adonai (adonai@cc) has joined #board:cc
11:49:37 adonai> [11:49:12] see: 11:48:41 non
11:49:37 LiNuCe> [11:49:19] see: 11:45:52 Justement, c’est pour cela que nos
ancêtres ont commencé à bien dresser les femelles
pour qu’elle finißent de nos jours à s’occuper
principalement de s’épiler et d’avoir une apparence
sexuellement attirante. Si on ne les avait pas
si bien dressées, on serait encore en train de
niquer de la guenon pour des raisons hygièniques,
et c’est pas dit qu’on aurait pas préféré les
chèvres ou les chiennes !
11:50:07 GeneralZod> [11:49:55] see: 11:48:41 : dans 3000 ans quand les
écologistes auront réussi à ramener l’humanité
à l’âge de pierre, on sera des divinités
11:50:07 grid> [11:50:03] LiNuCe: 11:49:19 Il y a une part de vrai là-dedans
11:50:37 . daique (daique@cc) has left #board:cc ()
11:51:07 LiNuCe> [11:50:39] grid: 11:50:03 Ouais, le coup des chèvres et
des chiennes, j’ai peut-être abusé
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Future
• Support of contacts
• Support of groups
• Real webcam
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