It is a group project about creating your own IRC server. We use an actual IRC client Irssi v1.4.4 to connect to our server and test it.
Internet Relay Chat or IRC is a text-based communication protocol on the Internet. It offers real-time messaging that can be either public or private. Users can exchange direct messages and join group channels.
- Your code must comply with the C++ 98 standard. Then, it should still compile if you add the flag -std=c++98.
- The server must be capable of handling multiple clients at the same time and never hang.
- Forking is not allowed. All I/O operations must be non-blocking.
- Communication between client and server has to be done via TCP/IP (v4 or v6).
- Using your reference client with your server must be similar to using it with any
official IRC server. However, you only have to implement the following features:
- You must be able to authenticate, set a nickname, a username, join a channel, send and receive private messages using your reference client.
- All the messages sent from one client to a channel have to be forwarded to every other client that joined the channel.
- You must have operators and regular users.
- Then, you have to implement the commands that are specific to channel
operators:
- KICK - Eject a client from the channel
- INVITE - Invite a client to a channel
- TOPIC - Change or view the channel topic
- MODE - Change the channel’s mode:
- i: Set/remove Invite-only channel
- t: Set/remove the restrictions of the TOPIC command to channel operators
- k: Set/remove the channel key (password)
- o: Give/take channel operator privilege
- l: Set/remove the user limit to channel
To start server:
make
./irc <port> <pass>For client:
irssi
/connect -nocap -notls localhost <port>
/quote PASS <server pass>
/join <channel name>