Grozdan wrote: > Hello, > > I recently started using Tor and Privoxy on Linux and so far everything is > working like it should. However I'm having one small problem. Whenever I try > to connect to irc.freenode.org port 6667, I always get the below message > > -leguin.freenode.net- *** Banned: Tor freenode is hidden-service-only > (mejokbp2brhw4omd.onion) - see freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml. > [error] Closing Link: 127.0.0.1 (Banned) > > I then went to the freenode site and looked up information on how to make > freenode work with Tor. In the documentation, it said to add the below line > to my torrc file - http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml#tor > > mapaddress 10.40.40.40 mejokbp2brhw4omd.onion > > and then to restart Tor, which I did. But I keep getting the same response > from freenode and it doesn't allow me to connect at all. > > I'm using Konversation as IRC client on KDE. Konversation itself doesn't have > proxy settings, but instead uses the global proxy settings of KDE. My KDE is > configured to use privoxy/tor for its connections and it works without a > problem. I also tried another IRC client (XChat) but I get the same response > from freenode. Does anyone know how to resolve this problem? > > Thanks in advance Here are my Xchat settings (http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/5183/xchatpreffn8.png) and FreeNode settings (http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2436/freenodeus6.png). Try to set Xchat as described and it will work. Noiano
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