Nefarious IRCu supports SSL already. I forgot where the SSL support originally came from (I remember something about a partially-working patch that was modified to work well). If ircu wants to add SSL support, should be pretty easy to take the relevant code from Nefarious.
~reed (disclaimer: I was head developer of Nefarious IRCu long ago... haven't touched it in many years, though). On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 22:20:06 -0700 Thomas Helvey <tom.hel...@cox.net> wrote: > Implementing SSL shouldn't be too hard technically, the socket > connection layer in ircu is pretty well encapsulated or it was at one > time (it's been a while since I worked on the code). It'll burn some CPU > but that may or may not be an issue. Sounds like an interesting and fun > project. Do all clients support SSL connections these days? If so do > they allow connections to servers with self signed certs? > Cheers, > --Bleep > On 7/17/2013 9:51 PM, Laura Steynes wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > Searching Google shows an old but very short thread about SSL on ircu > > which did not have any answer, so in light of recent word wide outrage > > against the united states govt and its nsa with prism, and uk's gchq's > > similar program, I was hoping to revive this feature request with a > > view to more urgency for the protection and the privacy of the honest > > decent citizens which contrary to usa govt beliefs, are in the vast > > majority. > > > > Our network is small, but other ircd's have and have had SSL for some > > time, and we would rather not change since we know, like, and trust ircu. > > > > My question is, do we move? Our committee has decided SSL is the way > > forward,so I have ben tasked tgo find out if there is currently work > > or plan of work being done on ircu for (both server and client side) SSL? > > Or, is there currently no plan or work underway ? > > > > Thankss > > Laura, > > (ircu user since 1996) _______________________________________________ Coder-com mailing list Coder-com@undernet.org http://undernet.sbg.org/mailman/listinfo/coder-com
