Script to view Firechat broadcast messages

firehose.rb

# Read more about the issue here: http://breizh-entropy.org/~nameless/random/posts/firechat_and_nearby_communication/

require 'socket'
require 'openssl'
require 'json'
require 'cgi'

FIRECHAT_HOST     = '209.237.236.194'
FIRECHAT_PORT     = 4176

sock = TCPSocket.new(FIRECHAT_HOST, FIRECHAT_PORT)
ctx  = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
ctx.set_params(:verify_mode => OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE)

print "[*] Connecting to #{FIRECHAT_HOST}:#{FIRECHAT_PORT}... "
OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(sock, ctx).tap do |socket|
  socket.sync_close = true
  socket.connect
  puts "connected!\n\n"
  while line = socket.gets
    message = JSON.load(line.strip)
    translation_link = "https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/#{CGI.escape(message['msg'])}"
    puts "[#{Time.at(message['st']).strftime('%H:%M:%S')}] " +
         "<\033[1m\033[34m#{message['user']}\033[0m\033[22m(#{message['name']})" +
         "@\033[1m\033[36m#{message['loc'] || 'Unknown'}\033[0m\033[22m> " +
         "\033[1m\033[37m#{message['msg']}\033[0m\033[22m \033[2m(#{translation_link})\033[22m"
  end
  socket.close
end