Anonymous chat servers

Running anonymous IRC server

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, for large public networks UnreadIRCd.

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";

 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

Restart i2pd.
Find b32 destination of your anonymous IRC server.

Go to webconsole -> I2P tunnels page. 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.

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.