Once you are connected to the OFTC irc network, you can /msg NickServ HELP REGISTER for instructions on registering your nickname. We do require that users use a registered nickname on IRC. We try to remain as informal as possible but there are some rules and we’d appreciate if you would follow them! Broadly, if you’re friendly, tolerant, and reasonable, you’ll probably go a long way without any specific knowledge of the rules - but for to avoid any doubt and prevent any misunderstandings, here they are. Please take a few moments to review the rules and guidelines below before joining the channel.
Previous irssi versions needed an external script that you should probably avoid and update irssi instead. It should work for HexChat, ZNC and irssi (from 0.8.18 released Feb 2016) out of the box. SASL is an acronym for Simple Authentication and Security Layer. If you login and your nick is changed due to conflict with that user still being online, it will fail. Note: This only works with your current nick after login. Under Nickserv password, enter your password.Close, and Connect, you’ll be automatically identified to NickServ on Libera every time you connect as you’re connecting.įor the less secure but still automated way, you can replace 3-6 with:.The colon (:) is important to use as it uses both your nick and password.
Under Server password, enter your registered nick and password like:.Check on Use SSL for all the servers on this network.Here it’s best to change this to /6697 so you login to the SSL side, this helps in security as well. Under the Servers section, you will see /6667 or similar.
Find the entry for Libera, select it, and click on Edit.This method also helps for cloaked users as it helps prevent you from joining a channel before being authenticated with NickServ and having your hostmask show up THEN cloak afterwards. The best and easiest way is to setup the connection itself to use a server password for the IRC server itself. If your client can automatically try an alternate nick, set it to use the one you just registered.Ĭonfiguring your IRC client to identify is very easily done by one of 3 common ways.Configure your client to identify itself to nickserv automatically whenever it connects to Libera.If you’ve received a hostname cloak, please pay special attention to the below two additional steps to allow the cloak to be active before joining any channels: Join the #libera support channel for more information. While using your alternate nick, link it to your primary nick: For example, if your primary nick is foo, register foo_ as an alternate nick, if it’s available. Add an underline (“_”) to your primary nick, if possible. Register an alternate IRC nick, using the same password.Please follow these steps to set up your nick and configure your client: Remember to join us at #linux once you connect, you can do so with the following command: If your client supports SSL/TLS, you should connect to port 6697. Alternatively on some operating systems the link may work: You can connect to the Libera IRC network using port 6667.