[RogueCoder]

Tor + Freenode

In this tutorial I will show how you can connect to the Freenode IRC network using Tor on Linux. The IRC client I will be using is XChat

You will need

1. Tor or tor browser bundle
   
2. Xchat
   
3. SASL plugin for xchat
   

The first thing you will need to do is obviously to download and install tor daemon or tor browser bundle and xchat. The list items above are links to the respective requirement

Set up an account on Freenode

When you've done this you need to launch xchat and connect to the Freenode network. Here you will need to register with the NickServ service.

Code:

/msg NickServ REGISTER <password> <email>

Follow the instruction in the email to complete the registration then disconnect from Freenode.

Set up SASL

Now we need to load the sasl plugin for xchat. Download this to ~/.xchat or ~/.xchat2 depends on what the folder is named in your system.

Code:

/load ~/.xchat2/cap_sasl_xchat.pl

When this is set loaded you need to configure it with the information you registered with NickServ

Code:

/sasl set freenode <username> <password> PLAIN /sasl save

Configure network settings

Now go to XChat > Network List > Freenode and replace the server with

Code:

p4fsi4ockecnea7l.onion/6667

Spoiler:

Then go to Settings > Preferences > Network and set
Hostname: localhost
Port: 9050
Type: SOCKS5

Spoiler:

Final steps

Now start Tor

Code:

sudo service tor start

if that doesn't work you can try

Code:

sudo /etc/init.d/tor start

and then reconnect to Freenode. You should now see something similar to this

Code:

Looking up p4fsi4ockecnea7l.onion * Looking up localhost * Connecting to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 9050... * Connected. Now logging in... * *** Looking up your hostname... * *** Checking Ident * *** No Ident response * *** Couldn't look up your hostname CLICAP: supported by server: account-notify extended-join identify-msg multi-prefix sasl CLICAP: requesting: multi-prefix sasl identify-msg CLICAP: now enabled: multi-prefix sasl identify-msg You are now logged in as **********. * *** Spoofing your IP

Final words

I hope you found this helpful, and as always, if you have any questions let me know and I will answer you the best I can

[Dexterity]

this is a good little way on showing how tor+freenode works,i am surprised no one has posted yet thought i would be the 1st good shit ~

[testtest]

Thanks for this really cool information.

[testtest]

Thanks for this really cool information.

[DrTr0jan]

that was pretty good