From: Zsdfhdfgasdf Gsfgsdgsdgsd <hikay_akira@...>
Date: 2010-07-13T21:18:18+09:00
Subject: Programming TCP-protocol Server (MineCraft)

There's this game called Minecraft (http://www.minecraft.net/)

Read this site first:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Development_Resources

What I want to do is to create a custom Minecraft Server in Ruby. There
are several in other languages:

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Custom_server_list

But I'd like to make it in mine.

Basically all the server has to do is to

(Initialization):
Send it's name, max players, ip and port to the server
(www.minecraft.net/heartbeat.jsp)

E.g:
(port=25565&max=32&name=name&public=True&version=7&salt=wo6kVAHjxoJcInKx&users=0)

And then receive each client and... do stuff <<- I can figure that out
on my own.

But the crucial thing I DON'T know is how to SEND TCP packets and DECODE
them after receiving them. May someone give me a pointer?
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