I'm trying to setup a ngircd IRC server on Fedora 18 (which was installed using yum), but I'm having some SSL issues. I can connect to the server locally and remotely if I choose to "accept invalid SSL certificates", but get an error otherwise. Here is the XChat output when I try to connect to the IRC server locally: * Connecting to {domain_name} ({ip_address}) port 6697... * * Subject: /OU=Domain Control Validated/OU=PositiveSSL/CN={domain_name} * * Issuer: /C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=PositiveSSL CA 2 * * Subject: /OU=Domain Control Validated/OU=PositiveSSL/CN={domain_name} * * Issuer: /C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=PositiveSSL CA 2 * * Subject: /OU=Domain Control Validated/OU=PositiveSSL/CN={domain_name} * * Issuer: /C=GB/ST=Greater Manchester/L=Salford/O=COMODO CA Limited/CN=PositiveSSL CA 2 * * Certification info: * Subject: * OU=Domain Control Validated * OU=PositiveSSL * CN={domain_name} * Issuer: * C=GB * ST=Greater Manchester * L=Salford * O=COMODO CA Limited * CN=PositiveSSL CA 2 * Public key algorithm: rsaEncryption (2048 bits) * Sign algorithm sha1WithRSAEncryption * Valid since Nov 7 00:00:00 2012 GMT to Nov 7 23:59:59 2015 GMT * * Cipher info: * Version: TLSv1/SSLv3, cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256 bits) * Connection failed. Error: unable to verify the first certificate.? (21) Here is the SSL portion of my ngircd.conf file. I ran ngircd --configtest to test the config file, but it just printed the contents of the file to my terminal. [SSL] CertFile = /etc/pki/tls/certs/{domain_name}.crt DHFile = /etc/pki/tls/private/dhparams.pem KeyFile = /etc/pki/tls/private/{domain_name}.pem KeyFilePassword = {key_file_password} Ports = 6697 I've also tried to connect to the server remotely from a Windows 7 x64 machine using mIRC, but had issues there also. I can't confirm it, but I think Fedora compiles ngircd with GnuTLS and I think my keys were created with OpenSSL. If this were so, would the keys be in a different format? How could I check and convert them? Is it possible that this is a CA trust issue on both of my machines? If so, how/where can I add the CA root certificates in Fedora 18 and Windows 7 so I don't have this problem? Are there any other possible causes? Is there's any other information that I should be providing?

It seems that the package xchat is not available in the stretch repository, all I can find is xchat-gnome. Can someone tell me if it was removed and if so, why? I'm using mate desktop by the way. My sources.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch non-free contrib main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch non-free contrib main deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates non-free contrib main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates non-free contrib main deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main

When I close xchat to the system tray, it is leaving IRC connections to servers and consequent channels open and the process running. However, when the program is reopened from the system tray, it generates new processes, as if none were open and the program being run initially. Is there any way to reinstate a program that has been closed to the system tray but has lost its links to the GUI? The pid is visible in the terminal. I was wondering if there is any way to achieve this from gnome desktop on a Debian based system.

I am using xchat IRC client in Debian. I have two computers, one in my office and another at home. I would like to be connected to my IRC server from both computers using the same account. People who send messages to me and receive messages from me should not see any difference, and should not even need to know whether I am at home or in the office. By that I mean, any messages send to my account should appear on both computers. Also, any messages I send, should be visible as sent on both computers (so that both clients have complete history of communication). From what I could find, there exists such functionality in some jabber implementations (Prosody) and is called mod_carbons. Does xchat client, or the IRC protocol have this functionality? How would I set this up ?

We are using IRC in my office for internal communication. It is very impractical to disconnect/reconnect every time I leave/return to my office. Therefore I leave my irc client (xchat) running all the time. But lets say, I got stuck in a meeting, and I have my laptop with me. Is there a way to check whether somebody has sent me any message ? I know, that I cannot connect from second machine under the same account. Or perhaps would it be possible to forward a copy of every irc message on my jabber (which I can then check on my laptop) ? I would not mind, if I got all messages on my jabber, regardless whether I am away from my office or not. I hope my question is not too vague. I don't know where to start looking. I would appreciate any comment/suggestion.

I'm referring to messages like these: yeswanth (~yeswanth@115.184.67.87) has joined #python-dev and yeswanth has quit (Ping timeout: 260 seconds)

So I set my HTTP proxy via **Settings** -> **Preferences** -> **Network setup**, and am getting this error: Looking up irc.us.gimp.org Looking up Connecting to () port ... HTTP/1.1 502 Proxy Error ( The specified Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) port is not allowed. ISA Server is not configured to allow Proxy traversal failed. Stopped previous connection attempt (pid=4696) (` and ` are substitutions) Without that setting (the IP:PORT is left empty), I'm getting this error: Looking up irc.us.gimp.org Connecting to irc.us.gimp.org (192.219.30.200) port 6667... Connection failed. Error: Connection refused