Manu Zacharia

2012-01-04T20:21:00.000-08:00

Introduction - What is IRC?

In simple terms, IRC is a Chat program that allows users to communicate and exchange files. Users have to connect to an IRC Server and then join the Channel (similar to chat rooms) of their choice for discussion and group communication.

In this tutorial, we will cover how to connect to our IRC Channel (#HackIT-Lobby) which is available on chat4all.org Server. We will be using ChatZilla, which is a Firefox extension for IRC.

Action Time

Download and install Mozilla Firefox (if not installed) from the following location - http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

After installing Mozilla Firefox, open the link - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ - in firefox.

Click on the Green button titled "Add to Firefox" as shown below:

ChatZilla Add-on for Mozilla FireFox

A new window will pop-up as shown below. Click on the "Install Now" button.

A message window will appear as shown below, informing that the installation will be done after Firefox is restarted.

Restart Firefox (Close firefox and open it again)

Click on "Tools" and click on "ChatZilla"

Chatzilla will open as a new Window.

At the botom left corner of the screen, you can see the current nick name.

You can change the nick name by typing the following command:

/nick new_user

where new_user can be your preferred nickname.

If you want to change the background to black, click on "View" -> "Color Scheme" -> "Dark Motif".

The window appearance wil change as shown below:

Let's now connect to our server.

Type the following command and press enter.

/server irc.chat4all.org

We will be connected to the IRC Server or Chat4all Network as shown below:

After connecting to a server, the next step is to connect to a channel.

In our example, we will be connecting to a Channel named "HackIT-Lobby".

Type the following command and press enter:

/join #HackIT-Lobby

Note, in IRC, the channel names are preceded with a "#" (hash) symbol.

A new tab will be opened as shown below:

Congratulations, you have successfully connected to our IRC Server.

Free free to shoot and share your technical questions and ideas with the HackIT community.

In the next tutorial, we will see how we can register a nick name with the IRC server and authenticate to the server using a nick name and password.

Till then - Happy Hacking :)

Tutorial Written by Manu Zacharia

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A good story that every Senior Manager should read:

Senior Manager working in an MNC, as usual after lunch goes to the cafeteria for coffee.

He relaxes in canteen.. He sees a canteen boy cleaning tables there.

To kill the time he decides to have fun with him. He calls him.

Senior Manager Asks canteen boy : How much do you earn?

Canteen boy just smiles.

Senior Manager: What are your future plans?

Canteen boy keeps quiet

Senior Manager : Where do you see yourself 10 years down the line?

Canteen boy gives a cold stare

Senior Manager- Jab main Bangalore aaya tha tab mere paas bhi kuch nahi tha. Aaj mere paas kya nahin hai....

Naam hai...

Shoharat hai...

Paisa hai...

Izzat Hai....

Tumhare paas kya hai?

Scroll down to find out his answer

Don't think that he answered like Shashi Kapoor of Deewar ki 'Mere paas Maa hain'
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Canteen boy - Sa'ab mere paas bahut KAAM hai...
Jo Tumare pas naheen hai!

Senior Manager leaves the cafeteria silently...

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Whois v1.01 - Domain information lookup utility
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Copyright (C) 2005 Mark Russinovich

Connecting to whois.verisign-grs.com...
Connecting to whois.verisign-grs.com...
Connecting to whois.melbourneit.com...


Domain Name.......... microsoft.com
Creation Date........ 1991-05-02
Registration Date.... 2009-10-06
Expiry Date.......... 2015-05-04
Organisation Name.... Microsoft Corporation
Organisation Address. One Microsoft Way
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Redmond
Organisation Address. 98052
Organisation Address. WA
Organisation Address. UNITED STATES

Admin Name........... Administrator .
Admin Address........ One Microsoft Way
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Redmond
Admin Address........ 98052
Admin Address........ WA
Admin Address........ UNITED STATES
Admin Email.......... domains@microsoft.com
Admin Phone.......... +1.4258828080
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ Hostmaster .
Tech Address......... One Microsoft Way
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Redmond
Tech Address......... 98052
Tech Address......... WA
Tech Address......... UNITED STATES
Tech Email........... msnhst@microsoft.com
Tech Phone........... +1.4258828080
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... NS2.MSFT.NET
Name Server.......... NS4.MSFT.NET
Name Server.......... NS1.MSFT.NET
Name Server.......... NS5.MSFT.NET
Name Server.......... NS3.MSFT.NET

c:\>

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No," answered the Director. "
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A normal person would pull the drain plug."

He flunked..... .....

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