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SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a method of encrypting your connections on the Internet, so that your connections are still safe if they are being "eavesdropped" on. | SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a method of encrypting your connections on the Internet, so that your connections are still safe if they are being "eavesdropped" on. | ||
Rizon | Rizon also support Nickserv identification via SSL certificates with [[CertFP]]. | ||
==Setting up your client for SSL== | ==Setting up your client for SSL== | ||
Revision as of 00:43, 27 September 2012
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a method of encrypting your connections on the Internet, so that your connections are still safe if they are being "eavesdropped" on.
Rizon also support Nickserv identification via SSL certificates with CertFP.
Setting up your client for SSL
mIRC
mIRC's official documentation can be found here.
Mibbit
SSL can be used via mibbit by clicking on the "Server" link on the connection dialogue. or by using "+6697" as the port. Note also that if you wish to use SSL with mibbit, you may also wish to use https (https://chat.mibbit.com/ instead of http://chat.mibbit.com)
QWebIRC
Rizon's QWebIRC automatically uses SSL when connecting via https.
XChat/Irssi/Weechat
XChat, irssi and other IRC clients tend to have SSL support bundled in already.
Connecting with SSL
Typically, your client will have a connection dialogue which may ask you if you wish to connect with SSL as one of the options, allow you to pass a -ssl argument as part of the connect command, or use a "+" in front of the port number. (i.e. "/server irc.rizon.net +6697", "/connect -ssl irc.rizon.net 6697")
Currently all Rizon servers have SSL support on port 6697 and 9999 (some servers also having other ports open for SSL).
RizonBNC
RizonBNC allows SSL connections via port 12345 only.