Hi all,

Please see below a bug report submitted to the Debian BTS.

found 698027 1:7.2.2.dfsg.2-9
tags 698027 + confirmed
forwarded 698027 b...@ircd-hybrid.org
severity 698027 minor
thanks

On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 02:52:55AM +0000, Mark Cunningham wrote:

> SSL support isn't included by default however the server does not fail to
> launch if ssl options are included in config
> 
> When I tested it, connect blocks were simply dismissed if they included config
> options such as cryptlink flag or  encrypted = yes;
> Meaning, if a connect block had one of these options and you were to do
> /sconnect connectblockname in order to connect to the server,
> the server would come back with connect block not found.
> 
> Suggested action:
> Upon option that would require ssl support being found in the config file, the
> server should fail to start, indicate which option it is failing on and link 
> to
> the /usr/share/doc/ircd-hybrid file that explains about ssl support.
> 
> This may be a drastic approach as people may have configs with ssl options
> running at the moment and this update will stop the server from running.
> 
> At the very least, output a clear message to the log files about ssl support
> and connect block being ignored with them. Without it, there are no clear
> indications what would cause a connect block not to be recognised.

I can confirm that this issue arises at least with

flags = ssl

on a listener, and I agree that the options you suggest make sense.

I'm copying in upstream also as this isn't a Debian-specific problem.

Thanks,
Dominic.

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