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█▌ - BYPASS FIREWALL WITH CGI:IRC - █▌
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█ ▐▌
█ This one worked very well for my friend. CGI:IRC can be found HERE. Test ▐▌
█ demo HERE to try first if it will work for your needs. ▐▌
█ *If it doesn't work for you it could be because of the 'cgiirc' name in ▐▌
█ its path; easy to fix. It didn't work for my friend either until I altered ▐▌
█ that name and path. ▐▌
█ Con: No text encryption if your channel uses it. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PREREQUISITES: ▐▌
█ `````````````` ▐▌
█ As per the enclosed README: ▐▌
█ 1. Ability to run CGI scripts using Perl 5.004 or greater ▐▌
█ 2. UNIX based system ▐▌
█ 3. Acceptable use policy allows access to IRC ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *I haven't tried this on a rented box (paid for hosting), but I don't see ▐▌
█ why it wouldn't work as long as your server has CGI and Perl. You would ▐▌
█ then install it manually (wget if you have ssh access /or easier; just ▐▌
█ upload the edited files to your server). If anyone test this out on a ▐▌
█ rented box and it works, please let me know precisely what you did so we ▐▌
█ can share here :) . ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ CGI:IRC: ▐▌
█ ```````` ▐▌
█ The enclosed README is basic what you need to do; unless you know your ▐▌
█ apache2 like l33t mad, not mewbie. The only part I didn't get to work is ▐▌
█ showing the images; smiling faces, but that's ok for my needs. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ INSTALL VIA SSH: ▐▌
█ su ▐▌
█ aptitude install cgiirc ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ See this file for a full list of settings: ▐▌
█ pico /etc/cgiirc/cgiirc.config.full ▐▌
█ I just used/edited the cgiirc.config to my needs: ▐▌
█ Make a backup copy just in case: ▐▌
█ cp /etc/cgiirc/cgiirc.config /etc/cgiirc/cgiirc-org.config ▐▌
█ Then edit it: ▐▌
█ pico /etc/cgiirc/cgiirc.config ▐▌
█ *Note: Your config might have something different depending on your OS and ▐▌
█ if you installed it manually or via aptitude. ▐▌
█ MINE HAD THIS: ▐▌
█ # CGI:IRC configuration file. ▐▌
█ # ▐▌
█ # Check /usr/share/doc/cgiirc/examples/cgiirc.config.full.gz ▐▌
█ # for more details. ▐▌
█ # Take care about applying debian-specific settings like ▐▌
█ # `image_path' if you intend to just copy it! ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ default_server = irc.debian.org ▐▌
█ default_port = 6667 ▐▌
█ default_channel = #cgiirc ▐▌
█ default_name = CGI:IRC User ▐▌
█ default_nick=CGI??? ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ # Don't change these, they're specific to Debian: ▐▌
█ image_path = /images/cgiirc ▐▌
█ # ----------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ script_nph = nph-irc.cgi ▐▌
█ script_form = client-perl.cgi ▐▌
█ script_login = irc.cgi ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ip_access_file = ipaccess ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I CHANGED TO: ▐▌
█ # CGI:IRC configuration file. ▐▌
█ # ▐▌
█ # Check /usr/share/doc/cgiirc/examples/cgiirc.config.full.gz ▐▌
█ # for more details. ▐▌
█ # Take care about applying debian-specific settings like ▐▌
█ # `image_path' if you intend to just copy it! ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ default_server = irc.efnet.org ▐▌
█ default_port = 6667 ▐▌
█ default_channel = #notmychannel ▐▌
█ default_name = mewmew ▐▌
█ default_nick=mew??? ▐▌
█ session_timeout = 7200 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ # Don't change these, they're specific to Debian: ▐▌
█ image_path = /images/cgiirc ▐▌
█ # ----------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ script_nph = nph-irc.cgi ▐▌
█ script_form = client-perl.cgi ▐▌
█ script_login = sd.cgi ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ip_access_file = ipaccess ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ allow_non_default = 1 ▐▌
█ access_channel = .* ▐▌
█ access_server = .* ▐▌
█ access_port = .* ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ *Note: ▐▌
█ 1.) On this line: default_channel = #notmychannel ▐▌
█ I made up a channel name (making sure channel didn't exist), so if ever ▐▌
█ that webpage is penetrated it won't lead them to my channel and give away ▐▌
█ the key as well. From there user can just /join #mychannel key ▐▌
█ 2.) Last 4 lines is allowing users to go to any channel, server & port. I ▐▌
█ don't recommend this if your cgi:irc script is not private as this program ▐▌
█ is resource intensive and likely would be abused. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Read this file first 'ipaccess.example' (same dir) to suit your needs. ▐▌
█ pico /etc/cgiirc/ipaccess ▐▌
█ HAD THIS: ▐▌
█ 127.0.0.0/8 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ I CHANGED TO: ▐▌
█ *.*.*.* 8 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SKIP THIS IF YOU DON'T NEED TO REMOVE cgiirc & irc IN PATH NAME: ▐▌
█ First make backups, just in case. ▐▌
█ cp /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc-org.cgi ▐▌
█ cp /usr/share/cgiirc/www/index.html /usr/share/cgiirc/www/index-org.html ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Then rename: ▐▌
█ mv /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/mew.cgi ▐▌
█ mv /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mew/ ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Then replace in these two files all instances of 'irc.cgi' with: mew.cgi ▐▌
█ (or whatever you renamed your irc.cgi file to) ▐▌
█ pico /usr/lib/cgi-bin/mew/mew.cgi ▐▌
█ pico /usr/share/cgiirc/www/index.html ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ PERMISSIONS: ▐▌
█ Check that all the files have the correct permissions: -rwxr-xr-x ▐▌
█ If not for example: ▐▌
█ chmod 755 /usr/share/images/*.gif ▐▌
█ chmod 755 /usr/share/images/*.wav ▐▌
█ chmod 755 /var/www/images/* ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ IMAGES: ▐▌
█ Readme says to: ▐▌
█ 2. Copy or upload all the files to your cgi-bin directory, and put the ▐▌
█ images directory in the correct location (may or may not be inside the ▐▌
█ cgi-bin directory). ▐▌
█ Didn't work for me; tried those images all over the server, edited paths, ▐▌
█ symlinked; could be because of my path changing etc, no big deal for me. ▐▌
█ Good luck :) ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ ENABLE: ▐▌
█ To enable cgiirc usage, symlink(assuming your document root is /var/www): ▐▌
█ ln -s /usr/share/cgiirc/www /var/www/cgiirc ▐▌
█ OR If you don't want 'cgiirc' in path name: ▐▌
█ ln -s /usr/share/cgiirc/www /var/www/mew ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ exit ▐▌
█ /etc/init.d/apache2 restart ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Done. ▐▌
█ Test: http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/mew/mew.cgi or if you have set SSL in ▐▌
█ your apache; https:// ... ▐▌
█ If you know your apache2 you could redirect that url so that it doesn't ▐▌
█ have cgi-bin in path (like on demo). Worked just fine for my needs so I ▐▌
█ left it as is. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you have any problems take a look at your /var/log/apache2/error.log ▐▌
█ to see what it is complaining about. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ SOME NOTES TO FIND THE FILES IF YOU NEED: ▐▌
█ For Debian/Apache2 it installed here: ▐▌
█ /etc/cgiirc/cgiirc.config ▐▌
█ /etc/cgiirc/formats/ ▐▌
█ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc ▐▌
█ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/cgiirc/irc.cgi ▐▌
█ /usr/share/cgiirc ▐▌
█ /usr/share/cgiirc/www/ ▐▌
█ /usr/share/doc/cgiirc/examples/cgiirc.config ▐▌
█ /usr/share/doc/cgiirc/examples/cgiirc.config.full.gz ▐▌
█ /usr/share/doc/cgiirc ▐▌
█ /usr/share/images/cgiirc ▐▌
█ /var/cache/apt/archives/cgiirc_0.5.9-3_i386.deb ▐▌
█ /var/lib/dpkg/info/cgiirc.list ▐▌
█ /var/lib/dpkg/info/cgiirc.md5sums ▐▌
█ /var/lib/dpkg/info/cgiirc.conffiles ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ //---------------------------------------------------------------------- ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ If you find mistakes, have suggestions, and or questions please post at ▐▌
█ mewbies forum HERE - thank you. ▐▌
█ ▐▌
█ Last update on 23 July '09 ▐▌
█ ▐▌
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