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+#
+# Comic Chat fixer MITM proxy: fixes Comic Chat to (sort of) work with modern
+# IRC servers. Tested with Microsoft Chat 2.5 on Windows XP, 8 and 10
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+
+import getopt, re, socket, sys, threading, time
+try:
+	import ssl
+except ImportError:
+	ssl = None
+
+def thread_c2s(client, client_addr, password, host, port, use_ssl):
+	f = client.makefile()
+	
+	queued_lines = []
+	if password:
+		client.sendall(':cchat.proxy 464 * :Password incorrect\r\n')
+		while True:
+			line = f.readline().rstrip('\r\n')
+			if line[:12] == 'OPER (null) ':
+				if password == line[12:]:
+					print '[-] {0}:{1} authenticated successfully'.format(*client_addr)
+					break
+				else:
+					print '[!] {0}:{1} failed to authenticate'.format(*client_addr)
+					client.sendall(':cchat.proxy 464 * :Password incorrect\r\n')
+			else:
+				queued_lines.append(line)
+	
+	irc = socket.create_connection((host, port))
+	if use_ssl:
+		if not ssl: raise Exception('no ssl module')
+		irc = ssl.wrap_socket(irc)
+	
+	for line in queued_lines:
+		irc.sendall(line + '\r\n')
+	
+	t = threading.Thread(target=thread_s2c, args=(client, client_addr, irc))
+	t.daemon = True
+	t.start()
+	
+	try:
+		while True:
+			line = f.readline()
+			irc.sendall(line)
+			if len(line) == 0 or line[:5] == 'QUIT ': break
+	except KeyboardInterrupt:
+		sys.exit(1)
+	except:
+		pass
+	
+	try:
+		irc.close()
+	except:
+		pass
+	try:
+		client.close()
+	except:
+		pass
+
+def thread_s2c(client, client_addr, irc):
+	f = irc.makefile()
+	
+	srv_prefix = '@+'
+	
+	try:
+		while True:
+			line = f.readline()
+			
+			split = line.split(' ')
+			if len(split) > 2:
+				if split[0] == 'ERROR':
+					client.sendall(line)
+					break
+				elif split[1] == '005':
+					# Get PREFIX= to fix ranks in the NAMES response
+					match = re.search(''' PREFIX=\(([^\)]+)\)([^\s]+)''', line)
+					if match:
+						srv_prefix = match.group(2)
+				elif split[1] == 'JOIN' and split[2][0] != ':':
+					# Main purpose of the proxy. Fixes a crash bug with newer
+					# ircds, which send JOIN confirmations like this:
+					# 
+					#   :nick!user@host JOIN #channel
+					#
+					# instead of this:
+					#
+					#   :nick!user@host JOIN :#channel
+					# 
+					# CChat expects the channel name to have a : before the
+					# name. If it doesn't, it will crash, since it somehow
+					# attempts a stricmp(0).
+					split[2] = ':' + split[2]
+				elif split[1] == '353':
+					# Convert additional ranks to regular op
+					for i in range(5, len(split)):
+						rank = ''
+						nick = ''
+						for char in split[i]:
+							if char == '+' and rank != '@':
+								# voice
+								rank = '+'
+							elif char in srv_prefix:
+								# everything unknown to CChat becomes op
+								rank = '@'
+							elif char != ':':
+								# not a rank
+								nick += char
+						split[i] = (split[i][0] == ':' and ':' or '') + rank + nick
+				line = ' '.join(split)
+			
+			# Comic Chat will stop receiving if it receives a line longer than
+			# 512 bytes, including the trailing CRLF.
+			client.sendall(line.rstrip('\r\n')[:510] + '\r\n')
+	except KeyboardInterrupt:
+		sys.exit(1)
+	
+	try:
+		irc.close()
+	except:
+		pass
+	try:
+		client.close()
+	except:
+		pass
+
+def main():
+	bind_host = ''
+	bind_port = 6461
+	password = None
+	
+	options, remainder = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'h:p:a:', ['bindhost=', 'bindport=', 'password='])
+	for opt, arg in options:
+		if opt in ('-h', '--bindhost'):
+			bind_host = arg
+		elif opt in ('-p', '--bindport'):
+			bind_port = int(arg)
+		elif opt in ('-a', '--password'):
+			password = arg
+	
+	if bind_port < 0 or bind_port > 65535 or len(remainder) < 1:
+		print 'Usage: proxy.py [-h bindhost] [-p bindport] [-a password] server [[+]port]'
+		sys.exit(1)
+	
+	host = remainder[0]
+	if len(remainder) > 1:
+		if remainder[1][0] == '+':
+			use_ssl = True
+			port = int(remainder[1][1:])
+		else:
+			use_ssl = False
+			port = int(remainder[1])
+	else:
+		use_ssl = False
+		port = 6667
+	
+	server = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+	server.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+	server.bind((bind_host, bind_port))
+	server.listen(5)
+	
+	print '[-] Waiting for connections'
+	
+	try:
+		while True:
+			client, client_addr = server.accept()
+			print '[-] Connection from {0}:{1}'.format(*client_addr)
+			t = threading.Thread(target=thread_c2s, args=(client, client_addr, password, host, port, use_ssl))
+			t.daemon = True
+			t.start()
+	except KeyboardInterrupt:
+		server.close()
+		sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+	main()