Anonymous chat servers
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## Running anonymous IRC server

1) Run your IRC server software and find out which host:port it uses (for example, 127.0.0.1:5555).

    For small private IRC servers you can use [miniircd](https://github.com/jrosdahl/miniircd), for large public networks [UnreadIRCd](https://www.unrealircd.org/).

2) Configure i2pd to create IRC server tunnel.

    Simplest case, if your server does not support WebIRC, add this to ~/.i2pd/tunnels.conf:

        [anon-chatserver]
        type = irc
        host = 127.0.0.1     
        port = 5555
        keys = chatserver-key.dat

    And that is it.

    Alternatively, if your IRC server supports WebIRC, for example, UnreadIRCd, put this into UnrealIRCd config:

        webirc {
            mask 127.0.0.1;
            password your_password;
        };

    Also change line:

        modes-on-connect "+ixw";

    to

        modes-on-connect "+iw";

    And this in ~/.i2pd/tunnels.conf:

        [anon-chatserver]
        type = irc
        host = 127.0.0.1
        port = 5555
        keys = chatserver-key.dat
        webircpassword = your_password

3) Restart i2pd.

4) Find b32 destination of your anonymous IRC server.

    Go to webconsole -> [I2P tunnels page](http://127.0.0.1:7070/?page=i2p_tunnels). Look for Sever tunnels and you will see address like \<long random string\>.b32.i2p next to anon-chatserver.

    Clients will use this address to connect to your server anonymously.

## Connect to anonymous IRC server

To connect to IRC server at *walker.i2p*, add this to ~/.i2pd/tunnels.conf:

    [IRC2]
    type = client
    address = 127.0.0.1
    port = 6669
    destination = walker.i2p
    #keys = walker-keys.dat

Restart i2pd, then connect to irc://127.0.0.1:6669 with your IRC client.