This is the README file of the vchat implementation called VChat23.

This software is licensed to you under the terms of the GNU public
license  See the file COPYING for details.

This is not a released product, but the working prototype of the
chat server and client running at www.ccc.de.

The assumed running environment is a FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE system
with perl5 installed.  An early revision of the client has been
ported to Linux.

There are two components in this distribution.  The program chatserver.pl
handles the client messages and dispatches messages to the clients.  It
is written in Perl, and uses a bunch of the newer features of Perl5.
The client frontend is written in C++ and talks to the server on port
2323 or 2324.  It is best used with a terminal which supports a
scrolling reagion (e.g. VT100).

The protection of the privileged access port is meant to be provided by
the operating system and/or the firewall configuration of the network
where the chat server is hosted.

Contact hans@berlin.ccc.de if you find major security defiencies and/or
feel like helping.  Please do not flame me for making an unfinished
piece of crap available to the public.

Thanks,
Hans
