[LUGSB] IRC not working

Richard Yao ryao at ic.sunysb.edu
Mon Oct 4 13:59:33 EDT 2010


IRC is not blocked across campus. It is only blocked in a few
locations. I am using it as I write this through AirNet now.

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Ehtesh Choudhury <merlockmagus at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know about you guys, but I'm not a big fan of irssi. Probably
> because it doesn't default to a vim setup.
> Alternatively, if IRC is blocked across campus, why would it be allowed in
> sparky anyway?
>
> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM, Richard Yao <ryao at ic.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Jan,
>>
>> I sent an email earlier this week to Charlie requesting that he
>> install irssi on sparky. He said that he would look into it, but he
>> never replied. You could send him an email asking for the status of
>> that. His email is root at ic.sunysb.edu.
>>
>> Alternatively, I believe that you can use SSH port forwarding on
>> Sparky to get access to IRC.
>>
>> Yours truly,
>> Richard Yao
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jan Kasiak <j.kasiak at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Try using ssl on freenode. The school blocks some of the ports.
>> > Here's a list of ports available on freenode:
>> >
>> > All freenode servers listen on ports 6665, 6666, 6667, 7000(SSL Only),
>> > 7070 (SSL Only), 8000, 8001 and 8002
>> >
>> > -Jan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Prasad Prabhu <prap89 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> HI
>> >>   My IRC is not getting connected by pidgin. Is it like stonybrook
>> >> doesnt
>> >> allow to connect to IRC?
>> >> Prasad Prabhu
>> >> Masters Student
>> >> SUNY STONY BROOK
>> >> NY
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>> >>
>> >> You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play
>> >> better
>> >> than anyone else.
>> >>
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