#Weechat add server install#
#Weechat add server verification#
#Weechat add server password#

Let's now assume that user bond wants to use the password james_bond (This way, you will understand the examples better). Only the uid part is relevant here, uid=007(bond) which means that 007 is the 'port' and bond is the 'username'. To find out your port type id at the terminal. Sdf/sdf-eu users have one available port which is their id number. This means that you need as many open ports on the host as irc servers you connect to. The great advantage over irssi's proxy plugin for sdf/sdf-eu users is that in weechat you only need one port for all your servers whereas in irssi you need a different port for each server. Choose between the two following setups the one that best suits your needs.Ĭonfiguring weechat's irc relay plugin turns out to be really simple and straightforward. The irc one is a bit longer to setup depending on how many irc networks you connect to, but it is very easy to use and you can connect to it with almost all irc clients. The weechat protocol is easier to set up but it has the disadvantage that you can only connect to it with a client that supports it (for example, weechat itself, QWeeChat or weechat-android). Weechat supports two different relay protocols: irc and weechat. You can define one port by IRC server, or one generic port for all servers.” Otr is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations.Quoting the official weechat documentation: “The Relay plugin can act as an IRC proxy: it will simulate an IRC server, and you can connect to WeeChat with any other IRC client (including WeeChat itself). set _password 'yourpasswordhere' use otr encryption Some service ask you to register (the procedure could change) and then put your user password set '*,!xfer' sasl configuration (user, password) set _verify offĪnd then you can connect to freenode IRC via torīy default, weechat client provides sensitive information that identifies us

#Weechat add server verification#

I had to disable ssl verification which I think given the situation is safe server add freenode-tor ajnvpgl6prmkb7yktvue6im5wiedlz2w32uhcwaamdiecdrfpwwgnlqd.onion/6697 Now, add freenode server to connect via tor: msg NickServ CERT ADD mmyyy圜eeeerrtttiiifiiiicateee

Openssl x509 -in freenode.pem -outform der | sha1sum -b | cut -d' ' -f1Ĭome back to weechat and copy the fingerprint to bind your user with the certificate: Openssl req -batch -x509 -new -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -days 1000 -nodes -out freenode.pem -keyout freenode.pem Next commands are: create a directory for our certificate, navigate there, create a certificate (non interactively) and obtain its fingerprint (last line): Keep that weechat open, and go a terminal because it is time to bind our identity with the certificate. msg NickServ VERIFY REGISTER myIdentity freenodeVerificationCodeHere msg NickServ REGISTER myFancySecret mymailbox Ĭheck email, and paste the line suggested which looks like: Select the nick you want to register and verify that it is available We first need to connect to freenode via plain internet Tor access is only provided through cert authentication. oftc does not have hidden service, but allows you to use tor to access it without registering a user accountĬonnecting to freenode IRC community via tor is complex, so I include the details in this guide to facilitate it.server add indymedia-tor akeyxc6hie26nlfylwiuyuf3a4tdwt4os7wiz3fsafijpvbgrkrzx2qd.onion When you done with the configuration you applied, save all the configuration current with /save access it through torĮxample 1: using tor to access an irc server without hidden serverĮxample 2: using tor to access an irc server that has hidden service access such as the recommended by riseup The idea is to paste more or less consciously the following lines that start with a slash /.

#Weechat add server install#

Tested with debian 10, python dependencies are because of otr.pyĪpt install tor weechat-curses weechat-python weechat-plugins python-potr configuration

this is the thing that forced me to switch from irssi to weechat.

hidden service setup: very difficult to setup hidden service IRC with irssi (I failed ref1 ref2).

easy of use: in irssi you do /connect freenode or /connect oftc and you are in, in weechat you have to set up the irc servers more manually.

otr: found it easier to setup otr in irssi, in weechat looks like it requires more dependencies.

Right now, there is no way to encrypt 1:1 asynchronously, channel or group. It also helps you to configure otr encryption which I think is the only way to encrypt 1:1 chats in IRC (and when both parts are connected). This guide is done from the weechat perspective, and it helps you to connect to oftc, freenode and indymedia IRC through the most private way (tor).