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2 | Title: Resurrecting tor-sasl | |
3 | Author: edk | |
4 | Date: 2016-09-05T16:09+01:00 | |
5 | Slug: resurrecting-tor | |
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7 | ||
8 | As many of you will no doubt be aware, freenode used to run a Tor hidden | |
9 | service, providing anonymous access to the network. Unfortunately, this had to | |
10 | be disabled due to concerns about abuse. | |
11 | ||
12 | We regret that it has taken some time to resolve this issue but we are now | |
13 | almost ready to deploy some software updates that will allow us to re-enable the | |
14 | gateway. We've made one important change: password-based SASL authentication is | |
15 | disabled over the Tor gateway, so you'll need to generate a client certificate | |
16 | and add its fingerprint (`/msg NickServ CERT ADD`) over a regular connection | |
17 | before connecting. | |
18 | ||
19 | We'd appreciate your help testing this setup on [our | |
20 | testnet](ircs://testnet.freenode.net:9003). Further instructions can be found | |
21 | in `#freenode` there. (if you already have a certificate set, the hidden | |
22 | service is at | |
23 | [ircs://testnet67chdulhs.onion:6697](ircs://testnet67chdulhs.onion:6697)) | |
24 | ||
25 | Expect the occasional interruption—even if nothing exciting happens, we still | |
26 | have a few configuration things to take care of. The test network may be reset, | |
27 | rolled back, or shut down at any time. | |
28 | ||
29 | Thanks for your patience, and thank you in advance for helping to bring Tor | |
30 | access back as fast as possible! |