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 via [CertFP](#XXX). 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).
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In general, local policy and rules for each channel are set by that channel's operators. While we encourage all channel operators to adopt our [channel
-guidelines](/pages/changuide), if a project or community decides to operate otherwise then we respect their decisions. If you believe that the way in which a
-particular channel is run contravenes our [ground rules](/pages/policies) or runs counter to the freenode [philosophy](/pages/philosophy) then you should raise
+guidelines](pages/changuide), if a project or community decides to operate otherwise then we respect their decisions. If you believe that the way in which a
+particular channel is run contravenes our [ground rules](pages/policies) or runs counter to the freenode [philosophy](pages/philosophy) then you should raise
your concerns first with the channel owners, and then with freenode staff who will address cases on an individual basis.
Why can't I join a channel?
Title: Nickname Registration
---
Your nick is how people on freenode know you. If you register it, you'll be able to use the same nick over and over. If you don't register, someone else may end
-up registering the nick you want. If you register and use the same nick, people will begin to know you by reputation.
+up registering the nick you want. If you register and use the same nick, people will begin to know you by reputation.
If a channel is set to mode +r, you won't be able to join it unless you are registered and identified to NickServ. If you try to join, you might be forwarded to
a different channel. If a channel is set to quiet unregistered users (mode `+q $~a`), you won't be able to speak while on that channel unless you are registered
3. It's useful, but not required, to have an alternate nick grouped to your account. For example, if your primary nick is foo:
/nick foo_
-
+
then identify to your primary account:
-
+
/msg NickServ IDENTIFY foo password
and finally, group the new nick to your account
You'll need to log in to your nickname each time you reconnect to freenode.
-The simplest, and most robust, way to do this is to configure [SASL](/kb/using/sasl), if your client supports it. If not, you can supply your login details, in
+The simplest, and most robust, way to do this is to configure [SASL](#XXXkb/using/sasl), if your client supports it. If not, you can supply your login details, in
the form `<account>:<password>`, as a server password and they will be forwarded to NickServ when you finish connecting.
Nickname Expiry
===============
Registered nicknames and accounts will expire if they're not used for a long time, after which they'll be available for another user to take over. See our
-[policies](/pages/policies) for details of when this occurs.
+[policies](pages/policies) for details of when this occurs.
While nicknames and accounts do not automatically get deleted when they expire -- only when another user requests to take over the registration -- we do
occasionally perform clean-up runs on the services database, in which we will automatically drop all registrations which have been idle for a long time. When we
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