Posted by sinesi
I'm new to these terms..plz tell what its all about?
Posted by gojnik064
Irc means internet relay chat. P2P point to point
Posted by sinesi
So how is IRC different from normal chats? Ain't P2P-peer to peer?
Posted by dude_se
yep its peer to peer
dude_se
Posted by gojnik064
Normal chats? What r u reffering to? Yes, its peer to peer, my mistake.
Posted by sinesi
I mean how is IRC useful? What exactly does it do? What is 'relayed' in it?
Posted by Gigs
IRC is a way to chat to people. It IS normal chat. (If you're referring to MSN, y!, aim, etc they're called messenger programs and are a different way to chat)
How you use iRC is upto you, but you log in to a network, ie dalnet, undernet, efnet (ick), starnet etc, then join a room (you can get a channel listing in most modern irc programs) and start chatting with other like minded or completely wrong individuals.
It's kinda like making a thread here then discussing it realtime.
If you're looking at downloading via irc then theres a few ways: people can send you files, and you can also use bots (things that automatically respond to messages) to send you files.
If you're on a PC, Mirc or Pirch aren't bad, if you're on a Mac, hmm who knows, ircle still around?
Just download an IRC client (like mirc or pirch, or ircle etc) and then try it out.
Given the subject is about torrents, I take it you're trying to download torrents from IRC?
Posted by Melik
we had some torrent topics here... all of them were deleted in a violent way...
Posted by zMastaa
torrents are totally different from irc...irc is a chat client which ppl have 'hidden' the feature of file sharing ... p2p
irc looks scary but it really isnt
torrents are based on many other p2p programs but is very flexible e.g. u cud not use kazzaa to connect to limewire ... were as torrents programs can all connect to each other meaning bittorrent...azureus...bittornado can all connect to each other...meaning faster downloads
Posted by nickorooster
If anyone wants a quick guide to downloading using IRC, I've written one ages ago for someone, but take it as a rough guide, written for one specific person, so its just to get the gist of it.
http://www.wootish.com/files/irc.txt
Nick
Posted by sinesi
Any security risks ?piracy,virus,trojans?
Posted by mkush
Yeh can be , but generally irc is where the scum of the internet hang out. It's the oldschool way of downloading. My advice would be stay away from irc lol it not that easy to get wat ur looking for anyway.
Posted by zMastaa
well...anything to do with the internet is a risk hehe
Posted by Cornholio_666
there has been a few things i got off p2p which were named something which they weren't. a few of them had been viruses and trojans. lucky i had pc-cillin doing a real-time scan. so far no viruses or trojans off of bit torrent
Posted by mkush
Lol,Yeh but irc is still considered the 'underground' of the net and is full of virus and other crap. And well irc is crap for most tings anyway, its a dying protocol.
Posted by batesie
go to google and type
define: (followed by the word you want to define)
for example
define: sony
Posted by nickorooster
@mkush
What are you talking about? The "Scum" of the internet? Jesus, where have YOU been hanging out on IRC? I generally just use it to request files from bots, and I've NEVER gotten a virus (I scan all of them before touching them) and NEVER any spyware/adware either. Also, the files are almost guaranteed to be what you are looking for! I've never gotten anything that wasn't exactly what it said it was. No corrupt files either, 'cause the servers check them themselves (or at least most of them do).
Nick
Posted by Gigs
'Wot nick said.
(to save typing far too much)
Posted by sinesi
A'right ,so how do i start using IRC to download stuff?
Posted by nickorooster
Its actually kinda difficult to explain, but my guide (on the 1st page using esato-normal and 2nd using esato-mobile) will get you started. All you need is a copy of mIRC (google it).
My guide makes it sound difficult, but half the battle is setting up mIRC to recieve, and the rest of the battle is really easy, you just need to do it a couple of times to get the hang of it.
Nick
Nick