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--- communication:irc [2013/06/27 14:23] – sva
+++ connect:contact:irc [2016/02/05 12:32] – OFTP currently blocks Tor: https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2016-January/039818.html digitalcourage
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+====== Communication IRC ======
-  #cryptoparty@irc.oftc.net
+IRC stands for [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat|Internet Relay Chat]] and it is a text chat system where you can talk to community members in the channel //#cryptoparty// on the [[http://www.oftc.net/|irc.oftc.net server]].
-Please note that [[https://oftc.net|OFTC]] can be used via SSL and [[https://torproject.org|Tor]].
+<code>
+#cryptoparty@irc.oftc.net
+</code>
+To use it, you can either
-[[http://chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.oftc.net&channel=%23cryptoparty | Webchat into that channel]] (webchats are not secure at all!)
+  * Go to [[https://oftc.net/?channels=cryptoparty|https://oftc.net]] in your browser (this used to work with Tor-Browser, too, but OFTC currently does not like Tor).
+  * Dial in with one of the many chat clients as for example [[http://pidgin.im|Pidgin]], which you might already know from using it for Jabber+OTR.
+For advanced use, see the [[:connect:contact:irc:irssi_plus_tor|irssi+tor guide]] and the [[https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/irssi|Torprojects Torify HowTo (irssi)]].
+Whichever method you use to connect, it is recommended that you cloak once you have connected to the server. To do that, just type
-==== irssi + TOR + linux ====
+<code>
+/msg nickserv SET CLOAK ON
+</code>
+into the chat window.
-  sudo apt-get install polipo tor
+There is an additional channel which has news fetching irc-bots in it:
-Now you should have installed: polipo, tor, torify. Default settings work fine for now.
-   sudo /etc/init.d/polipo start
+<code>
-   sudo /etc/init.d/tor start
+#cryptoparty-bots@irc.oftc.net
-   sudo socat TCP4-LISTEN:4242,fork SOCKS4A:localhost:irc.oftc.net.:6697,socksport=9050
+</code>
-   sudo torify irssi