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Re: STARTTLS for erc
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: STARTTLS for erc |
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Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:10:53 -0400 |
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> So erc could close the connection, and then restart it, now with
> STARTTLS. But ircd logins are notoriously slow, so that's
> totally icky.
A protocol where sending a password is "necessary" is basically
incompatible with STARTTLS anyway (otherwise, it's trivial to force the
password to be sent in the clear). So TLS support (which I added to
rcirc recently) seems quite sufficient for ERC.
Stefan