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josuah josuah | 09-02-2018, 05:45 AM | #51
I had trouble for connecting with a client that does not handle TLS (like ii, sic, ...), and I found a solution! :)

I use an inetd stream entry which for piping the command-line TLS client* and a local TCP socket for your client to connect to. You can even have a Proxy machine which does the translation!

* openssl s_client, nc -ssl, brssl client... now you have the choice of your backend! :D Pipes are universal.

# vi /etc/services
Code:
irc-freenode    6970/tcp
irc-unix        6971/tcp
irc-other       6972/tcp
...

# vi /etc/inetd.conf
Code:
irc-freenode  stream  tcp  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl   openssl s_client -quiet -connect irc.freenode.net:6697
irc-unix      stream  tcp  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl   openssl s_client -quiet -connect unix.chat:6697
irc-other     stream  tcp  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl   openssl s_client -quiet -connect irc.other.networks:6697
...

And then start the inetd service, the inetd daemon... however you distro or you wants it... If it already runs, you can probably reload its configuration with:
# pkill -HUP inetd

You can pretty much use xinetd for this, the command itox translates the inetd format to xinetd format:
# itox < inetd.conf
Code:
service irc-unix
{
        socket_type     = stream
        protocol        = tcp
        wait            = no
        user            = nobody
        server          = /usr/bin/openssl
        server_args     = s_client -connect unix.chat:6697
}
z3bra z3bra | 10-02-2018, 05:17 AM | #52
nice one Josuah! Taking the best from unix IPC ;)
josuah josuah | 11-02-2018, 07:17 PM | #53
Thank you z3bra!

For the ii client, it is possible to use UNIX sockets instead of TCP sockets:

# vi /etc/inetd.conf
Code:
/tmp/irc.freenode.net  stream  unix  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl  openssl s_client -quiet -connect irc.freenode.net:6697
/tmp/unix.chat         stream  unix  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl  openssl s_client -quiet -connect unix.chat:6697
/tmp/other...          stream  unix  nowait  nobody  /usr/bin/openssl  openssl s_client -quiet -connect irc.other.networks:6697
...

# ii -s unix.chat -u /tmp/unix.chat

And then you have ~/irc/unix.chat and not ~/irc/127.0.0.1. :)
Dog Dog | 01-03-2018, 07:10 PM | #54
I have to turn off verification for this server to connect. I'm getting this in weechat:

Code:
│13:49:42 | unix.chat =!= | gnutls: the hostname in the certificate does NOT match "irc.unix.chat"
│13:49:42 | unix.chat  -- | gnutls: peer's certificate is trusted
│13:49:42 | unix.chat =!= | irc: TLS handshake failed
│13:49:42 | unix.chat =!= | irc: error: Error in the certificate.

For anyone that runs into this, you can turn off verification with:

Code:
/set irc.server.<identifier>.ssl_verify off
venam venam | 27-05-2020, 01:56 AM | #55
There has been some changes in the IRC space. We now have an official IRC channel on freenode, #nixers_net (Yes, #nixers was taken).

Be sure to update your IRC clients to point to this new home of ours.
The nixers philosophy, rules, and mentality apply there. All in good faith, I hope you prefer this change.
jkl jkl | 27-05-2020, 02:17 AM | #56
Is it because of the TLS issues?
venam venam | 27-05-2020, 02:36 AM | #57
(27-05-2020, 02:17 AM)jkl Wrote: Is it because of the TLS issues?

The previous IRC, not hosted by nixers, was supposed to be temporary until we could host its own, that lead to some unfortunate behavior that doesn't reflect the community. You're welcomed to join anytime.
fro fro | 27-05-2020, 02:37 AM | #58
Why freenode instead of efnet? #nixers is not taken there.

I think the change is a solid idea btw.
venam venam | 27-05-2020, 02:52 AM | #59
(27-05-2020, 02:37 AM)fro Wrote: Why freenode instead of efnet? #nixers is not taken there.

No particular reason other than that I forgot about efnet. In all honesty, I'm not sure it really matters where we host it or whether we're using #nixers_net instead of #nixers, as long as people can find us there should be no issue.
fro fro | 27-05-2020, 02:53 AM | #60
(27-05-2020, 02:52 AM)venam Wrote:
(27-05-2020, 02:37 AM)fro Wrote: Why freenode instead of efnet? #nixers is not taken there.

No particular reason other than that I forgot about efnet. In all honesty, I'm not sure it really matters where we host it or whether we're using #nixers_net instead of #nixers, as long as people can find us there should be no issue.
Yeah no worries. I was just curious because I think you're already connected to efnet.


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