[LUGSB] IRC inside the campus

[Rami Al-Rfou']

@Richard  @Jan

I was trying to login first from the dorms, the network available there is
WolfieNet-Open. The SSL solution works fine and it is easy to deploy.

Thanks for the help and support.

@ Richard
I usually help the ubuntu community by testing alpha and beta software,
unfortunately I was not that active during the 10.10 cycle.

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 01:21, Jan Kasiak <j.kasiak at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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