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Thom, a fat Yoshi
Thom, a fat Yoshi
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I like the idea of IRC, but it's not (?) encrypted, and doesn't support any account authentication to make sure people are who they say they are. Ripe for abuse.
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Nina Kalinina
Nina Kalinina
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there's IRC over TLS, and there are ways to authenticate users on the server, but it might not be what you're looking for
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Thom, a fat Yoshi
Thom, a fat Yoshi
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@nina_kali_nina Gotta be something even an idiot like me can set up and run. I actually don't even know how hard it is to run a quality IRC server.
@Nina Kalinina
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Oleksandr Natalenko, MSE
Oleksandr Natalenko, MSE
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IRC can work over TLS (port 6697 typically), but it's not E2E. Also, for auth, SASL can be used.
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Thom, a fat Yoshi
Thom, a fat Yoshi
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@oleksandr Another upside to IRC I haven't considered yet is how accessible it is - works on pretty much any platform.
@Oleksandr Natalenko, MSE
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