[LUGSB] IRC inside the campus

[Jan Kasiak]

Yes, IRC is blocked. I think you can go through some server at school
(I dont remember exactly), or simply use ssl to connect to the IRC
server of your choice.

-Jan

On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 11:11 PM, Rami Al-Rfou'
<rami.al-rfou at stonybrook.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am a new PhD student at the computer science department.
> I am using ubuntu 10.10. and I have a problem regarding IRC. I am trying to
> connect to freenode server from inside the campus, but it fails whatever the
> client I am using,  (xchat, pidgin, empathy ...). I am wondering if there is
> any network restriction on the ports used usually by IRC servers. Please,
> let me know if you have idea about my problem.
>
>
> --
> Rami Al-Rfou'
>
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