This is a (very wip) server-side implementation of the Oscar Protocol, used by AOL Instant Messenger and later versions of ICQ.
- Authentication Server
- Only supports the newer authentication mechanism (TLV 0x4c) because I don't want to deal with plaintext passwords
- Every username (no registration yet) can be used with the hardcoded password
password
- Set
AUTH_HOST
env var (defaults to0.0.0.0
) - Set
AUTH_PORT
env var (defaults to5190
) - Run
npm run build
to compile - Run
npm start
(orbin/aimserver
)
This has only been tested with AIM for Windows version 5.2.3292
, but theoretically should work with more clients.
- http://web.archive.org/web/20080308233204/http://dev.aol.com/aim/oscar/ (AOL published Oscar protocol documentation in the mid 00s)
- http://iserverd.khstu.ru/oscar/ (Unofficial protocol docs, pretty thorough)
- https://wiki.nina.bz/wiki/Protocols/OSCAR (From the Nina group also working on an OSCAR server)
- https://github.com/bitm4ster/AOL-Instant-Messenger-Server/ (Oscar server written in VB6. and it actually compiles!)
- http://iserverd.khstu.ru/download/ (Oscar Server written in C++. Haven't attempted to compile yet, but a great reference)
- http://web.archive.org/web/20060113083940/http://joust.kano.net/wiki/oscar/moin.cgi/ (Unofficial protocol docs)