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M Fnord Wrote:join #fenspace on server irc.sandwich.net:6667. Open most hours, idlers welcome.
http://www.irchelp.org/
has pretty much everything you need to figure out the basics of IRC. As
for clients, the big one IIRC is mIRC, but I've been using the same IRC
client since '96, so I'm not one to judge.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
or for those with chatzilla embedded in their browser irc://irc.sandwich.net/%23fenspace
Operational note for those visiting #fenspace: On Saturday (8/2/14) sandwich.net IRC is moving completely over to SSL. Most modern clients will let you select SSL in the user preferences, so it's not a great hardship. Chatzilla users can connect using /sslserver irc.sandwich.net
Mr. Fnord interdimensional man of mystery

FenWiki - Your One-Stop Shop for Fenspace Information

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What do I need to change on my IRC mal, I've got it set to go right to fenspace without all the fuss as it currently is.
 
What client do you use?

There should be an option somewhere that lets you enable encyption, or enable SSL
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mIRC....gods do i have to update the bastard
gods now i'm being told i'm blocked as spam
i'll download it and try, does it work well from pin drives? 
 
Hexchat man

Much better. And free.

Since that's not exactly helpful, however - take a look under your network list if you have it saved somewhere, or wherever mIRC stashes its connection options. It should be labelled as 'enable SSL' or 'enable secure connection'
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hex chat doesnt like fed ex kinkos apparently and no love on the connections options
 
i am officially banned apparently
 
You shouldn't be. Also. What's a kinko? I've never heard of one?
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kinkos is a copy store, basically its a combination office supply store, copy store, and internet cafe without the cafe.

i'm getting an IP ban from Snaphaus as a spambot
 
I use Adium on the Mac as my IRC client.
I selected "Enable SSL" in my connection listing for sandwich.net.
It still says "ssl handshake failed" when I try to connect.
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Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

HRogge

ECSNorway Wrote:I use Adium on the Mac as my IRC client.
I selected "Enable SSL" in my connection listing for sandwich.net.
It still says "ssl handshake failed" when I try to connect.
You changed the port to 6697?
Quote:HRogge wrote:
Quote:ECSNorway wrote:
I use Adium on the Mac as my IRC client.
I selected "Enable SSL" in my connection listing for sandwich.net.
It still says "ssl handshake failed" when I try to connect.
You changed the port to 6697?
Don't think so! I'll check that when I get home.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
You might also need to tell it to allow the use of an invalid cetificate. Some IRC networks tend to be a bit iffy on having properly valid cert's.
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Obviously enough, changing the port fixed the problem. Thanks for pointing it out.
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Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
FYI, sandwich seems to have disabled SSLv3 support.
Without warning anyone about it.
You will need a client that handles TLS now.
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There was plenty of warning - at least, there was in the IT security field:
http://www.dfranke.us/posts/2014-10-14 ... pened.html
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2014-3568
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3567
http://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3513

If you can still use SSLv3 anywhere, complain about it.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
That's why I caught on to it so quickly rather than wondering WTF was wrong with the thing and assuming it was just a server being borked. M I didn't even know Xchat only used SSLv3 and didn't offer an option for TLS. And I know a few people were having issues connecting to the channel anyway with SSL being required by the server now.

I just thought I'd save some wondering on the part of other people. Hexchat, however, supports TLS.
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As does Adium, apparently, as I found out last night.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
frag so how can i get this TLS for IRC, or will i have to get yet ANOTHER chat setup
 
You'll have to patch, upgrade, or change your client software.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
appairently its back to being spam when i'm at FedEx Kinkos, no chat with you guys till after the new year. see you then or via pm's on various forums
 
Does whoever set up the spamhaus filters for sandwich know that XBL really shouldn't be used to ban users because it has a tendency to trap a lot of dynamic IP's?

Especially from people who happen to have subscriber-level NAT, like so many 4G carriers do here.

That's three times it's happened.
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Is anyone else having trouble connecting right now?
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