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Systems - CAcert.org IRC Server
- CAcert maintains its own IRC Server for private communications, allowing usage of CAcert-secured SSL-Encrypted IRC traffic for our everyday chat, meetings, and general support.
- You can use our IRC service via the following means:
Web-Based Access
- HTTPS Connection: https://irc.cacert.org
- Fallback HTTP Connection: http://irc.cacert.org
IRC Client
- Server: irc.cacert.org
- SSL Port: 7000 (ircs://irc.cacert.org:7000/CAcert)
- Plaintext port: 6667 (irc://irc.cacert.org/CAcert)
Note about Nicknames, User Names, Real Names
- On IRC, Nicknames are single words starting with a letter or a symbol like _^[ followed by letters, numbers or symbols. Some symbols are invalid for nick names, and generally the abuse of symbols is discouraged. This will be the canonical way to find you on IRC.
- User names are generally provided by your Operating System or a specialized Ident daemon, but in absence of that, you can supply a short name, started by a letter.
- Real Names are free-form strings you can put your name, a joke, or simply leave the default setting. Note that on most other IRC networks, privacy is a basic concern, so take that into account if you plan to use other network than CAcert IRC server.
Registering Nicknames
- CAcert.org IRC offers registration services, so that access control can be established.
Registering your nickname: type /msg nickserv help register and follow the instructions. If your client refuses this command, type /msg quote nickserv help register or /msg raw nickserv help register instead.
IRC Clients
- Hundreds of IRC Clients exist. To make your experience a bit easier, we have a small list with a few popular clients.
Client
Operating System (Platform)
License
Interface
SSL
Client Certificate
PKCS#11
URL
X-Chat
Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, others
GPL
Graphical
Yes
Yes
??
Irssi
Linux, BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, others
GPL
Text
Yes
Yes
??
Colloquy
Mac OS X : Cocoa
BSD
Graphical
Yes
No
??
Chatzilla
Seamonkey
Mozilla
built-in Graphical
Yes
Yes
Yes
Chatzilla
Firefox
Mozilla
installable Graphical add-on
Yes
Yes
Yes
KVirc (version 3 & 4)
Kde/Qt
GPL2 (+redistribution allowance)
Graphical
Yes
Yes
No
Pidgin
Linux, UNIX, Mac OS X, Windows
GPL
Graphical
Yes
Yes
?
more about Operating System (Platform) - source: en.wikipedia
more about PKCS#11 - source: en.wikipedia
X-Chat
- One of the most popular IRC Clients out there. Free Software, developed using GTK, X-Chat is an easy-to-use client for the masses.
- On first run, X-Chat brings the Server List window. Configure your nickname, alternate nicknames, username and realname fields to your liking. To add CAcert as a network, click Add, name it CAcert, Edit it, name the server irc.cacert.org/6667 for cleartext connections, or irc.cacert.org/7000 for encrypted connections, and do not forget to hit enter/return so that it saves. If using encrypted connections, mark Use SSL for all servers on this network, and mark Accept Invalid SSL Certificates (or do proper installation of the CAcert Root Certificate, which varies according to your OpenSSL installation), and finally enter #CAcert on Channels to Join.
X-Chat main website http://xchat.org
X-Chat Quick Start Guide http://xchat.org/docs/start/
Firefox's Chatzilla
- Has the advantage of running wherever Firefox runs. Instructions:
On install, restart of Firefox is required.
To launch IRC, click menus: Tools ==> Chatzilla
in the bottom entry box, type: /attach ircs://irc.cacert.org:7000/CAcert/
(optional) to save the session as startup, click menus: IRC ==> Open This Channel on Startup
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