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We have an IRC proxy for users running on [[Machine:sunjammer]].
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Our shell accounts server [[Machine/sunjammer]] hosts an instance of [http://bip.milkypond.org/ BIP],
For more information, see [http://bip.t1r.net/ the BIP home page]].
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a multiuser IRC proxy.
  
If you want to use the proxy, setup a password with <code>bipmkpw</code> on sunjammer and
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== Requesting a proxy ==
send the hash to the [[Infrastructure_Team/Contacts | sysadmin contact]].
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This service is only available to trusted developers with a [[Service/shell|shell account]].
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Setup a password with <code>bipmkpw</code> on sunjammer and send the
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resulting hash to the [[Infrastructure_Team/Contacts | sysadmin contact]] along
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with:
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* Your IRC nickname
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* Optionally, a list of channels to connect to
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* Optionally, your NickServ password so the proxy can automatically login as you when the server boots
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Since you'll be connecting from one of our public IPs, we'll provide your actual
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login name and real name to the IRC network.
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Of course, you can have other servers besides FreeNode. Let us know which
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ones you require.
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== 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
   Password: USERNAME:PASSWORD:freenode
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   Server password: USERNAME:PASSWORD:NETWORK
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BIP uses the password field to encode three fields separated by a colon:
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* USERNAME: your bip username (same of your shell account)
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* PASSWORD: the password you used with bipmkpw
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* NETWORK: the identifier of the IRC network to connect to (for example, "freenode").
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If you have multiple IRC networks, create multiple server entries in your IRC client,
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each one with a different value for NETWORK.
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This configuration is known to work with [http://xchat.org/ XChat] and [http://konversation.kde.org/ Konversation].
  
This configuration is known to work with XChat.
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== See also ==
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* [[Service/shell]]
  
Of course you can have other servers besides FreeNode. Let us know which
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[[Category:Service|IRC Proxy]]
ones you need.
 

Latest revision as of 22:52, 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.

See also