Then select *IRC* from the menu. Irssi is automatically set up to connect to your server and route its messages through the Tor network. Some popular systems such as *Freenode* reject connections coming from Tor (as a very crude attempt to stop trolls) and so if you want to use those you can exit to the command line from the menu and then just type "irssi" to use the system without Tor.
To connect manually:
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
irssi
/server add -auto -ssl yourdomainname 6697
/connect yourdomainname
/join #freedombone
/save
#+END_SRC
*** XChat
If you are using the XChat client:
First install xchat and set up its configuration file.
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
sudo apt-get install tor xchat
mkdir ~/.xchat2
echo "# By default, XChat based IRC software, when started-up, or run for first time,
# it starts to use local network, to connect to the internet. To prevent that,
# and to force it, to use Tor proxy (a Socks5 server):
#
# /set net_proxy_host 127.0.0.1
# /set net_proxy_port 9050
# /set net_proxy_type 3
# /set net_proxy_use 0
net_proxy_host = 127.0.0.1
net_proxy_port = 9050
# Technical note: 3 = socks5
net_proxy_type = 3
# Technical note: Do not worry. 0 is not equal to "off". 0 stands for "All".
# XChat should not use the same circuit/exit server as other Tor applications.
# Otherwise activity in different applications could be correlated to the same
# pseudonym. There is a way to prevent that.
# It is called stream isolation. We use IsolateSOCKSAuth,
# see https://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-manual-dev.html.en
# The password is actually not required, but it does not hurt either.
# Will probable not hurt on Tor 0.2.2 and below.
# Works with Tor 0.2.3 and above.
#
# /set net_proxy_auth 1
# /set net_proxy_pass = XChat
# /set net_proxy_user = XChat
#
net_proxy_auth = 1
net_proxy_pass = XChat
net_proxy_user = XChat
# Get rid of protocol leaks:
# a DCC session can reveal IP address, etc. identd flag can reveal your
# username which you use to login in your OS(Windows/Linux/Unix/MacOS) profile.
# To prevent those:
#
# /set dcc_auto_chat 0
# /set dcc_auto_resume OFF
# /set dcc_auto_send 0
# /set irc_hide_version ON
# /set identd OFF <-- NOT working on all XChat-based IRC software.
# But still highly suggested to include & use it.
# Probable not needed on UNIX, source: http://xchat.org/faq/#q21
dcc_auto_chat = 0
dcc_auto_resume = 0
dcc_auto_send = 0
irc_hide_version = 1
identd = 0
# If you use your own comment instead of default values, then these data are
# posted on each channel when you do these events: JOIN, PART, QUIT, AWAY.
# So they can reveal who you actually are, when you are using same XChat
# software for multiple different nicknames.
#
# Delete everything under Settings -> Preferences -> Default Messages:
# -> Quit: <Deleted everything!>
# -> Leave channel: <Deleted everything!>
# -> Away: <Deleted everything!>
away_reason =
irc_part_reason =
irc_quit_reason =
# By default, XChat based IRC software uses your platform OS(Operating System)s
# login user name as your nickname, user name, real name. To prevent leaking
# that, and, to use your own choice of nickname, realname, username:
#
# ***Pseudonymous vs. anonymous IRC use.***
# Actually IRC is pseudonymous. Your nickname might also reveal something about
# your origin, interests, etc. You can make IRC more anonymous by choosing a more
# meaningless nickname. Use the following defaults if you want to be more anonymous.
# If user, user_ and user___ are already taken, add more _ or start using user1,
# user2, user3, etc. Or if the irc network auto assigns your a nickname, i.e.
# guest532, stick with that nickname.
#
# Of course, you are free to continue using IRC in a pseudonymous manner.
# In that case, instant of user, choose your nickname.
#
# /set irc_real_name user
# /set irc_user_name user
# /set irc_nick1 user
# /set irc_nick2 user_
# /set irc_nick3 user__
irc_real_name = user
irc_user_name = user
irc_nick1 = user
irc_nick2 = user_
irc_nick3 = user__
# Use a more common nick completion suffix:
# When you write the first few characters of a nickname followed by tab,
# it will, by XChat default, complete the nickname and ", " behind the
# nickname. The behavior is XChat specific. The " :" is more more common
# for more common clients such as mIRC.
#
# XChat -> Settings -> Preferences -> input box -> completion_suffix set to :
#
completion_suffix = :
# Not starting the server windows at the beginning so you can check and set
# settings before connecting to any IRC networks.
gui_slist_skip = 1
" > ~/.xchat2/xchat.conf
#+END_SRC
Now look up the onion address for your IRC server
#+BEGIN_SRC bash
ssh username@mydomainname -p 2222
#+END_SRC
Select Administrator options, then *About this system* and make a note of the onion address for IRC. Also select the *IRC Menu* and take a note of the login password.
[[file:images/xchat_setup.jpg]]
Run XChat.
Within the network list click, *Add* and enter your domain name then click *Edit*.
Select the entry within the servers box, then enter *mydomainname/6697* and press *Enter*.
Select the entry within the servers box, then enter *ircaddress.onion/6697* and press *Enter*.
Uncheck *use global user information*.
Enter first and second nicknames and check *auto connect to this network on startup*.
Check *use SSL* and *accept invalid SSL certificate*.
Make sure that *use SSL* is unchecked. Encryption will be handled via the onion address itself.
Enter *#freedombone* as the channel name.
Enter the password which can be found from the IRC menu of the *control panel*.
Within the *Server password* field enter the password which can be found from the IRC menu of the *control panel*.
