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| - | ======irssi on tor====== | ||
| - | =====1. Introduction===== | ||
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| - | This wiki shows a method you can follow to torify irssi for an irc session on freenode with Slackware Linux. | ||
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| - | ====1.1. irssi (1)=== | ||
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| - | irssi is a Command Line terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. | ||
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| - | If you followed a default installation, | ||
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| - | ===1.1.1. irc (2)=== | ||
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| - | The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol has been designed for use with text based conferencing. | ||
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| - | ==1.1.2. Freenode (3)== | ||
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| - | The Freenode IRC Server provides discussion facilities for the Free and Open Source Software communities. Amongst its channels | ||
| - | one finds those that cater for discussion on Slackware, e.g. the #slackware channel. | ||
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| - | ====1.2 tor (4)==== | ||
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| - | tor (The Onion Router) provides anonymity for dissidents and whistle blowers around the world. It also channels traffic through port 443, thus it can be used to penetrate through some dumb firewalls that block some services to the users relying only on | ||
| - | the destination port information. | ||
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| - | A SlackBuild for tor is maintained on the slackbuilds.org repository. You will also need tsocks, that is listed as an optional | ||
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| - | If you are using a desktop, I recommend to install also vidalia. A SlackBuild for vidalia is also found on the slackbuilds.org | ||
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| - | on the other hand you do not want vidalia, then you will need to start tor manually. As root perform the following commands to start tor | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | chmod +x / | ||
| - | / | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | I recommend to install the latest releases of tor (and optionally vidalia) from the official download sites, as the SlackBuilds are not always updated. Modify the scripts to target the updated source code if needed. | ||
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| - | ====1.3 Misuse=== | ||
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| - | Some sorry individuals might pursue this option for trolling purposes. Although I am not going to deviate on this subject, trolling is a sure sign of a personality disorder. Seek professional help as trolling is not going to ease your frustrations! Also note that you will need to register you nick before starting so you will be banned after you get detected for misbehavior anyway. | ||
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| - | =====2.0 Register your Nick===== | ||
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| - | You will need to register your nick with freenode.net. You will need a valid e-mail address to do that. The procedure to register your nick is may be followed from here: http:// | ||
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| - | =====3.0 SASL Authentication (5)===== | ||
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| - | Then you will need to logon Freenode via SASL authentication. | ||
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| - | Install cpan2tgz. A SlackBuild for cpan2tgz is available from slackbuilds.org | ||
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| - | Then proceed to install some required CPAN perl modules: | ||
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| - | As root, execute the following commands. Note that you will need an Internet connection | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | cpan2tgz Crypt:: | ||
| - | cpan2tgz Crypt::DH Crypt:: | ||
| - | cpan2tgz Math:: | ||
| - | cpan2tgz Math:: | ||
| - | cpan2tgz Math:: | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Now as your usual non-privileged user, delete your irssi configurations files, to ensure consistency: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | rm -rf $HOME/ | ||
| - | irssi | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Quit irssi by entering | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | /quit | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Edit the 3rd line from the last of $HOME/ | ||
| - | to accomodate your nick. For example: | ||
| - | From: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | core = { real_name = " | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | To: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | core = { real_name = " | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Then proceed as follows: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | mkdir -p $HOME/ | ||
| - | cd $HOME/ | ||
| - | wget http:// | ||
| - | ln -s ../ | ||
| - | cd | ||
| - | irssi | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | In the irssi session, enter the following commands: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | /network add Freenode | ||
| - | /server add -auto -ssl -ssl_verify -network Freenode irc.freenode.net 7000 | ||
| - | /save | ||
| - | /script load cap_sasl.pl | ||
| - | /sasl set Freenode < | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Naturally enter your actual nick and password where indicated. | ||
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| - | Proceed like this: | ||
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| - | /sasl save | ||
| - | /save | ||
| - | /quit | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Next time you run irssi, you will automatically logon Freenode without being asked for the password, this indicates that your | ||
| - | SASL authentication has been succesful. | ||
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| - | =====4.0 Torifying irssi===== | ||
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| - | To connect to freenode with tor, start it as follows: | ||
| - | < | ||
| - | http_proxy=http:// | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | and it will fail miserably! | ||
| - | This is my result: | ||
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| - | 20:45 -!- Irssi: Looking up irc.freenode.net | ||
| - | 20:45 -!- Irssi: SASL: auth loaded from / | ||
| - | 20:46 -!- Irssi: Connecting to irc.freenode.net [195.148.124.79] port 7000 | ||
| - | 20:46 -!- Irssi: warning SSL handshake failed: Connection reset by peer | ||
| - | 20:46 -!- Irssi: Connection lost to irc.freenode.net | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | You will need to connect to the Freenode' | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | /server p4fsi4ockecnea7l.onion | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Be aware that the connection will be slow. If you are using vidalia, you may try changing your proxy server for a better conne | ||
| - | ct. Eventually, you should manage to log in but you have to be patient and accept some latency. | ||
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| - | You may check that you are chatting anonymously: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | /whois < | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | I obtained the following result: | ||
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| - | 20:55 -!- ChrisAbela [~chris@gateway/ | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- ircname | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- server | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- hostname : gateway/ | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- idle : 0 days 0 hours 0 mins 25 secs [signon: Sat Feb 9 20:55:24 2013] | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- account | ||
| - | 20:55 -!- End of WHOIS | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | Note that the username is leaked! | ||
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| - | Then proceed as usual: | ||
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| - | < | ||
| - | /j #slackware | ||
| - | </ | ||
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| - | =====5.0 Sources===== | ||
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| - | (1) http:// | ||
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| - | (2) https:// | ||
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| - | (3) http:// | ||
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| - | (4) https:// | ||
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| - | (5) http:// | ||
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