IRSSI_IRC_client_config_for_ssl_on_freenode

##################### SSL for IRC repsective IRSSI for Freenode #######################

# prepare irssi to be able to accept scripts
# and download sasl.pl autentification script

mkdir -pv $HOME/.irssi/scripts/autorun && cd $HOME/.irssi/scripts && \
wget wget http://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/cap_sasl.pl && \
cd autorun && ln -sv ../cap_sasl.pl

# prepare dir for cert
# and download cert of freenode
# convert cert
# link cert to standard cert dir

mkidr -p /usr/share/ca-certificates/gandi.net
cd /usr/share/ca-certificates/gandi.net
wget http://crt.gandi.net/GandiStandardSSLCA.crt
openssl x509 -inform der -outform pem < /usr/share/ca-certificates/gandi.net/GandiStandardSSLCA.crt > GandiStandardSSLCA.pem
ln -s /usr/share/ca-certificates/gandi.net/GandiStandardSSLCA.pem /etc/ssl/certs/GandiStandardSSLCA.pem

# start sasl script inside of Irssi 
# >> Irssi commands:
/script load autorun/cap_sasl.pl
/sasl set Freenode <primary-nick> <password> DH-BLOWFISH
/sasl save
/save

# basic config of autoconnect to freenode by ssl
/server add -auto -ssl -network freenode irc.freenode.net 6697

 
#### taken and compiled from docs, where you can find more info but all of em' is some way incomplete
# Really nice IRSSI manual: https://pthree.org/2010/02/02/irssis-channel-network-server-and-connect-what-it-means/
# Basics of SSL for IRC: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1010780.html
# -> wget path is wrong there: wget http://scripts.irssi.org/scripts/cap_sasl.pl
# More here: https://pthree.org/2010/01/31/freenode-ssl-and-sasl-authentication-with-irssi/
# And here is freenode original howto: https://freenode.net/sasl/sasl-irssi.shtml