[Ach] IRC

[David Durvaux]

OK for me.  I will wrote something base on that tomorrow ;).
I was asking because I was 100% confident on this ;)


2013/12/17 Aaron Zauner <azet at azet.org>

> SILC offers high security per default. We could simply state that. It’s a
> good protocol and somewhat forgotten now (was really in like 4-5 years ago).
>
> Seems Ubuntu removed that with lucid (why? OK, it’s Ubuntu aka the somalia
> of linux distributions - I better not ask seriously):
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=silc
>
> I’m not sure if we should include it, but since it’s not much work and
> we’re still not writing to reviewers actively and need to do some cleanup,
> why not?
>
> Aaron
>
>
> On 17 Dec 2013, at 20:38, David Durvaux <david.durvaux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I start looking at SILC.  Do we really need to include it on v1?
> >
> > I mean:
> > 1) silcd is not included in Ubuntu (seems it is in Debian);
> > 2) I didn't found stuff that really need to be tuned
> >
> > I can wrote the section but I'm not sure it should not be postponed to
> v2.
> > What's your opinion?
> >
> > Kr,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > 2013/12/12 David Durvaux <david.durvaux at gmail.com>
> > Hey,
> >
> > Indeed, I made a typo.  It's fixed.
> >
> > Kr,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> > 2013/12/12 Aaron Zauner <azet at azet.org>
> > Hey,
> >
> > Thanks! I think you’ve made an error, because `make pdf` reports a
> warning and also text after the IRC section is all the way italic :)
> >
> >
> http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag15/chrisjophoto/bubbles_zpsb0e6e862.gif
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 12 Dec 2013, at 18:56, David Durvaux <david.durvaux at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I made a quick first draft of the IRC section using the Charybdis
> which serve as basis to the IRCD-Seven made by Freenode.
> > > I pick that one as
> > > 1- Freenode is the biggest IRC network ;)
> > > 2- It's part of the standard Ubuntu and Debian.
> > >
> > > I suspect that lazy admin will prefer something they can install with
> apt-get install to something then need to retrieve from GIT and then
> install ;-).
> > >
> > > I will continue the IRC section then move to a SILC one as proposed by
> Aaron.
> > >
> > > Kr,
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > 2013/12/12 David Durvaux <david.durvaux at gmail.com>
> > > OK.
> > >
> > > Let's go for SILC and the IRC server mentionned earlier.
> > > We can extend later if needed (the document will change over time).
> > >
> > > Kr,
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > 2013/12/12 Aaron Zauner <azet at azet.org>
> > > We should maybe mention SILC as well (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SILC_(protocol))
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On 12 Dec 2013, at 09:01, Arsen STASIC <arsen.stasic at univie.ac.at>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Its useless to write configs for that many different implementations
> so
> > > > I would pick option 2 "we pick up a reference implementation" and
> choose
> > > > the most used ircd: http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/top10.php
> > > >
> > > > just my 2 ct
> > > > -arsen
> > > >
> > > > * David Durvaux <david.durvaux at gmail.com> [2013-12-12 08:47
> (+0100)]:
> > > >> Hello,
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Still checking the documentation of IRC ;).
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I actually have 2 problems:
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1) the original IRC implementation (IRCD-IRC2) doesn't even support
> SSL...
> > > >> It's completly "unsecure" regarding privacy, integrity...
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 2) there are a lot of IRC server implementation.  The features
> really vary
> > > >> from one implementation to another one ;).
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> So, what do we do?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1) we take a few implementation and show how to configure correctly;
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 2) we pick up a reference implementation;
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 3) we drop IRC :-D.
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> I would go for 2) (with an alternative choice).
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> So, does someone can recommend a "good" implementation?
> > > >>
> > > >>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_daemons
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks
> > > >>
> > > >> Kr,
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> David
> > > >>
> > > >>
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