Connect to IRC with Tor
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Debian

hexchat
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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
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-   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
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-   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