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| − | + | Our shell accounts server [[Machine/sunjammer]] hosts an instance of [http://bip.milkypond.org/ BIP], | |
| − | + | a multiuser IRC proxy. | |
| − | + | == Requesting a proxy == | |
| − | send the hash to the [[Infrastructure_Team/Contacts | sysadmin contact]]. | + | |
| + | This service is only available to trusted developers with a [[Service/shell|shell account]]. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Setup a password with <code>bipmkpw</code> on sunjammer and send the | ||
| + | resulting hash to the [[Infrastructure_Team/Contacts | sysadmin contact]] along | ||
| + | with: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Your IRC nickname | ||
| + | * Optionally, a list of channels to connect to | ||
| + | * Optionally, your NickServ password so the proxy can automatically login as you when the server boots | ||
| + | |||
| + | Since you'll be connecting from one of our public IPs, we'll provide your actual | ||
| + | login name and real name to the IRC network. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Of course, you can have other servers besides FreeNode. Let us know which | ||
| + | ones you require. | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | == Configuring your IRC client == | ||
IRC clients should be configured as follows: | IRC clients should be configured as follows: | ||
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Use SSL: yes | Use SSL: yes | ||
Accept invalid SSL certificates: yes | Accept invalid SSL certificates: yes | ||
| − | + | Server password: USERNAME:PASSWORD:NETWORK | |
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| + | BIP uses the password field to encode three fields separated by a colon: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * USERNAME: your bip username (same of your shell account) | ||
| + | * PASSWORD: the password you used with bipmkpw | ||
| + | * NETWORK: the identifier of the IRC network to connect to (for example, "freenode"). | ||
| + | |||
| + | If you have multiple IRC networks, create multiple server entries in your IRC client, | ||
| + | each one with a different value for NETWORK. | ||
| + | |||
| + | This configuration is known to work with [http://xchat.org/ XChat] and [http://konversation.kde.org/ Konversation]. | ||
| − | + | == See also == | |
| + | * [[Service/shell]] | ||
| − | + | [[Category:Service|IRC Proxy]] | |
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Latest revision as of 21:52, 2 November 2011
Our shell accounts server Machine/sunjammer hosts an instance of BIP, a multiuser IRC proxy.
Requesting a proxy
This service is only available to trusted developers with a shell account.
Setup a password with bipmkpw on sunjammer and send the
resulting hash to the sysadmin contact along
with:
- Your IRC nickname
- Optionally, a list of channels to connect to
- Optionally, your NickServ password so the proxy can automatically login as you when the server boots
Since you'll be connecting from one of our public IPs, we'll provide your actual login name and real name to the IRC network.
Of course, you can have other servers besides FreeNode. Let us know which ones you require.
Configuring your IRC client
IRC clients should be configured as follows:
Hostname: shell.sugarlabs.org Port: 7778 Use SSL: yes Accept invalid SSL certificates: yes Server password: USERNAME:PASSWORD:NETWORK
BIP uses the password field to encode three fields separated by a colon:
- USERNAME: your bip username (same of your shell account)
- PASSWORD: the password you used with bipmkpw
- NETWORK: the identifier of the IRC network to connect to (for example, "freenode").
If you have multiple IRC networks, create multiple server entries in your IRC client, each one with a different value for NETWORK.
This configuration is known to work with XChat and Konversation.