Hi.

I am interested in creating a simple irc bot and running it from a shell account.

However the shell blocks irc access from the default ip (which is understandable.)

Eggdrop. bitchx, etc however can still connect to irc using vhost ip's.

Im not really sure how the vhost thing works, but i dont see why i cant code my bot to do the same?

Does anyone know how it works, and where example code can be found? or if its not possible to do.

Also if you know of any simple irc bots like this?


Thanks in advance.



PS. I know that i could get around the shell firewall using an ip/port forward service, but i am reluctant to do so as it will violate the shell terms of use.

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That said: can you please elaborate on what you're
doing? Is that a server you're having hosted somewhere?
I don't understand how shell and firewall rules go together
from the little info you provide.


Cheers,
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