* Connect to IRC with Tor 
Debian
** hexchat

Two options: (1) set up a 'global' proxy that applies to every hexchat connection, which can be overridden, or (2) set up a 'local' proxy that only applies to one connection. 

*** Global proxy: 
- Install Tor Browser 
- Hexchat Settings > Preferences > Network setup
  - hostname: 127.0.0.1
  - port: 9150
  - type: socks5
  - use proxy for: all connections
- HexChat > Network List > Add
  - name it whatever 
  - servers > add > km3jy7nrj3e2wiju.onion/6667
  - leave all checkboxes blank 
- close > connect 

** irssi 
- install irssi 
- ~cat irssi-tor => proxychains-ng/proxychains4 -f src/proxychains.conf irssi --home ~/.irssi-tor~

more info? https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/irssi

* Connect to Freenode w/ Tor 

- log into IRC
- open a terminal window
- ~cd .config/hexchat/certs~
- ~openssl req -x509 -new -newkey rsa:4096 -sha256 -days 1000 -nodes -out freenode.pem -keyout freenode.pem~ 
    - generates a self-signed certificate 
- ~openssl x509 -in freenode.pem -outform der | sha1sum -b | cut -d' ' -f1~ 
    - generates a fingerprint 
    - note: the certificate file has to have the same name as the name of the network in your client 
- ~/msg nickserv cert add <fingerprint>~
- set auth to sas exteral
- have tor open