.TH INTERNET\ TALK 1
.SH NAME
it, it.server, it.remoted \- Internet Talk programs
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B it
[nickname]
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.B it.server
.br
.B it.remoted
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I It
is an multiuser talk program which communicates over the Internet.
All communication is performed via the central 
.I it.server.
.PP
.I It
can provide a secure communication channel by encrypting messages with
the Data Encryption Standard (DES).  This mode of communication still
allows unsecure users to communicate with secure ones, however the
inverse is not possible.  Secure users must use the same keys
because end-to-end encryption is performed.
.PP
Another feature that
.I it
provides is paging, both local and remote.  
.I It
users that wish to be paged must have their own pager.
The pager must be a setuid program which allows other users 
the ability to write a simple message to your tty.
(it was designed to operate without root privileges)
A standard 
.I it.pager
is provided but users can write their own.
Remote pages are handled by
.I it.remoted
so every host that wishes to allow remote paging must be running
.I it.remoted.
.SH IT COMMANDS
/who - display users connected to it.server
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/nick [newnickname] - change nickname
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/quit - exit it
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/help - display list of commands
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/page [username] - page a user on the local host
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/rpage [username@hostname] - page a user on a remote host
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/secure - enter secure mode
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/unsecure - exit secure mode
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/look - show users on local host
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/rlook [hostname] - show users on a remote host
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![shellcommand] - execute a shell command
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<[shellcommand] - execute a shell command and send output to it.server
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^Z - suspend it
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^C - exit
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^D - exit
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^R - redraw line
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^U - erase line
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^W - erase word
.SH NOTES
.I It
has gone through two major revisions and some new features will
be added when time permits.  Send any comments to boyns@sdsu.edu.