content/news/2011-02-23-port-6697-irc-via-tlsssl.markdown

   1 author: RichiH
   2 date: 2011-02-23 17:46:04+00:00
   3 slug: port-6697-irc-via-tlsssl
   4 title: 'Default port for IRC via TLS/SSL (hint: it''s 6697)'
   5 The Internet Draft linked above will not be made into a proper RFC quickly as these things tend to take a lot of time, but for all intents and purposes, 6697 is the canonical port for IRC via SSL/TLS, today.
   6
   7 **Update:** In case we didn't make it clear enough (apparently we didn't): You can still continue to use all other ports we have listened to in the past. But we will start recommending 6697 from now on.
   8
   9 **Update2:** Yes, we are listening on port 6697 on all our ircds, be they IPv4, IPv6, or .onion.