I am now able to connect to Freenode using Circe with SASL
authentication.
I received help from wasamasa in #emacs-circe and staff in #freenode to
debug an issue with Circe's SASL authentication. A fix was pushed to
the Circe repository.
This logging variable was helpful during Circe debugging:
Thank you
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:
> Unless you can obtain a new IP that isn't part of these ‘high-risk
> ranges’, or connect through a bouncer elsewhere, you *need* to set
> up SASL. How that's done differs per client.
> Simply installing some packages won't cut it. You need to actually
On Fri Apr 16, 2021 at 2:26 AM BST, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> I briefly looked for rcirc how-tos but found none. The manual[0]
> doesn't mention SASL at all. I'm not going to spend time learning
> about rcirc, but every modern IRC client should support SASL. If
> it doesn't, find a better one,
Bone Baboon writes:
I am not using Tor.
This bugged me, so I asked in #freenode.
I have not changed my rcirc configuration that was working.
But Freenode probably changed theirs:
nckx: some IP ranges are sasl required
high risk ranges
jess: Aha. That's probably it.
It would explain th
Frosku writes:
> Are you using tor? Because only certain forms of SASL authentication
> are supported on tor.
>
> https://freenode.net/news/tor-online
I am not using tor.
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:
> Which server? Would it by any chance be zettel., meaning that
> you're using Tor? IIRC SASL authentication has always been
> mandatory there.
I am not using Tor.
The servers have not been zettel.
Bone Baboon writes:
I am trying to connect to Freenode. This was working fine but
now I am
receiving this error message:
```
*** Notice -- You need to authenticate via sasl to use this
server
Which server? Would it by any chance be zettel., meaning that
you're using Tor? IIRC SASL authen
On Thu Apr 15, 2021 at 1:06 AM BST, Bone Baboon wrote:
> I am trying to connect to Freenode. This was working fine but now I am
> receiving this error message:
>
> ```
> *** Notice -- You need to authenticate via sasl to use this server
> !!! Closing link:
> (SASL access only)
> !!! freenode: conn
