Add Tor and needed NickServ certificate docs

[irc/freenode/web-7.0.git] / content / kb / connect / chat.md

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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Slug: chat
 ---
 The freenode network can be accessed via the [freenode webchat](//webchat.freenode.net) or using an IRC client such as irssi, WeeChat, ERC, HexChat, Smuxi, Quassel or mIRC.
 
-You can connect to freenode by pointing your IRC client at `chat.freenode.net`.
+You can connect to freenode by pointing your IRC client at `chat.freenode.net` on ports 6665-6667 and 8000-8002.
 
 ## Accessing freenode Via SSL
 freenode provides SSL client access on all servers, on ports 6697, 7000 and 7070. Users connecting over SSL will be given user mode +Z, and _is using a secure
@@ -13,8 +13,36 @@ In order to verify the server certificates on connection, some additional work m
 certificates. On most linux distributions this will be in a package named something like ca-certificates. Many systems install these by default, but some (such
 as FreeBSD) do not.  For FreeBSD, the package is named ca_root_nss, which will install the appropriate root certificates in /usr/local/share/certs/ca-root-nss.crt.
 
+Certificate verification will generally only work when connecting to **`freenode.net`**. If your client thinks the server's certificate is invalid, make sure you are connecting to `chat.freenode.net` rather than any other name that leads to freenode.
+
  For most clients this should be sufficient. If not, you can download the required intermediate cert from [Gandi](http://crt.gandi.net/GandiStandardSSLCA.crt)
 and the root cert from [Instant SSL](http://www.instantssl.com/ssl-certificate-support/cert_installation/UTN-USERFirst-Hardware.crt).
 
-Client SSL certificates are also supported, and may be used for identification to services via [CertFP](certfp/). If you have connected with a client certificate, _has client certificate fingerprint f1ecf46714198533cda14cccc76e5d7114be4195_ (showing
+Client SSL certificates are also supported, and may be used for identification to services. See [this kb article](kb/using/nickcerts). If you have connected with a client certificate, _has client certificate fingerprint f1ecf46714198533cda14cccc76e5d7114be4195_ (showing
 your certificate's SHA1 fingerprint in place of _f1ecf46..._) will appear in WHOIS (a 276 numeric).
+
+## Accessing freenode Via Tor
+
+freenode is also reachable via [Tor<i class="fa fa-external-link" aria-hidden="true"></i>](https://www.torproject.org/), bound to some restrictions. You can't directly connect to chat.freenode.net via Tor
+but rather have to use the following hidden service as server address:
+
+    freenodeok2gncmy.onion
+
+The hidden service requires SASL authentication. In addition, due to
+the abuse that led Tor access to be disabled in the past, we have
+unfortunately had to add another couple of restrictions:
+
+- You must log in using SASL's `EXTERNAL` or `ECDSA-NIST256P-CHALLENGE` (more
+       below)
+- If you log out while connected via Tor, you will not be able to log in without
+       reconnecting.
+
+If you haven't set up the requisite SASL authentication, we recommend SASL
+EXTERNAL. You'll need to generate a client certificate and add that to your
+NickServ account. This is documented [in our knowledge base](kb/using/nickcerts).
+Note that due to the SSL certificates not matching the hidden service, 
+you might have to disable the verification in your client.
+
+You'll then want to tell your client to try the `EXTERNAL` mechanism. We lack
+comprehensive documentation for this, but it's a feature in most modern
+clients, so please check their docs for instructions for now.