[rt.blitzed.org #2632] Secure cgi:irc interface?

[Cactus via RT]

Wed Jan 11 10:39:59 2006: Request 2632 was acted upon.
Transaction: Ticket created by cactus0-***@public.gmane.org
Queue: web
Subject: Secure cgi:irc interface?
Owner: Nobody
Requestors: cactus0-***@public.gmane.org
Status: new
Ticket <URL: http://rt.blitzed.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2632 >


Hi guys,
I'm a chanop at #licd, which is connected with Least I Could Do (
http://www.leasticoulddo.com), a very popular web comic and forum with over
23,000 registered users. I'd like to take this opportunity to say a big
thank-you to Blitzed for solving a serious problem for many of our members
who are behind school, college or company firewalls which (for very good
security reasons) have blocked almost every port, including the standard IRC
ones. Your support of cgi:irc has enabled many more of our people to chat
with each other.

However, there is another problem which is becoming more prevalent. Site
admins are using filtering services such as Scansafe (
http://www.scansafe.net) which seem to block the main cgi:irc chat window.
Some IRC networks have established SSL entry points, for example
https://chat.indymedia.org and https://html.chat.euirc.net/.

Is it possible for Blitzed to do the same?

Cheers,

Cactus

[David Leadbeater via RT]

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We currently can't offer it as an official Blitzed service, but there is
a CGI:IRC which points to Blitzed offering SSL support at
https://www.cgiirc.org/blitzed.org/

[Cactus via RT]

<URL: http://rt.blitzed.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2632 >

Thanks guys! Should make it easier for a number of our people.

Cactus

Post by David Leadbeater via RT
We currently can't offer it as an official Blitzed service, but there is
a CGI:IRC which points to Blitzed offering SSL support at
https://www.cgiirc.org/blitzed.org/

[Cactus via RT]

<URL: http://rt.blitzed.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=2632 >

Thanks for adding this facility guys!

Just a couple of observations:

When the connection drops (seems to be normal behaviour for cgi:irc) the
/reconnect function gives an error message:

*** An error occurred: Login token out of date, try logging in again!

The user has to return to the cgi:irc login page.

And of course, there is a limited number of cgi:irc connections available
(due, I understand, to the resources required for each connection).

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