Hosting you're own TELNET chat

Ever want to have a secure chat with friends? Possibly something to hide? When realizing that you're conversations on AIM MSN etc. are in no way private, these companies say that you're conversations can be stored on mainframes, and in some cases be evidence to crime. This is perhaps why you might want to set up a telnet chat. These are unique, because you're the host, and you can invite you're friends to join you're chat, realizing that you must be careful as they will connect to you're IP. Anyway, here's how one would set up a telnet chat:


1. Download STChat here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/stchat/

2. Extract the folder to C:/
(so the folder will be stc-0_16)

3. Open up notepad, and paste the following:

@echo off
CD C:/stc-0_16
java stc 22

4. Save it as a .bat file where ever you want. For example, I saved mine as initiate.bat as in initiating hosting the chat.

5. Run the .bat file. Now, you can 'telnet xx.xx.xx.xxx 22' where xx.xx.xx.xxx is you're IP. If you don't know what you're IP is, open up the command prompt (windows XP start>run>cmd. Type ipconfig.

And you're done, you are currently hosting you're chat. This should be a secure chat for you and you're friends to discuss whatever. It's kind of neat too. Props to SOL for helping me find the software too, thanks.

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