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# Let's start by adding the network to the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice>. (If you have already added the desired network to the server list, you can skip to step X.) Open the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice> dialog window by pressing the <keycap>F2</keycap> key or by clicking <menuchoice>File -> Server List...</menuchoice> in the application menu: | # Let's start by adding the network to the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice>. (If you have already added the desired network to the server list, you can skip to step X.) Open the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice> dialog window by pressing the <keycap>F2</keycap> key or by clicking <menuchoice>File -> Server List...</menuchoice> in the application menu: | ||
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# In the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice> dialog window, click the <menuchoice>New...</menuchoice> button in the upper-right of the window to open the <menuchoice>New Network</menuchoice> dialog window: | # In the <menuchoice>Server List</menuchoice> dialog window, click the <menuchoice>New...</menuchoice> button in the upper-right of the window to open the <menuchoice>New Network</menuchoice> dialog window: | ||
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# In the <menuchoice>New Network</menuchoice> dialog window, give the network a name by filling in the <menuchoice>Network name</menuchoice> field. Then click the <menuchoice>Add...</menuchoice> button below the list labeled <menuchoice>Servers</menuchoice> to open the <menuchoice>Add Server</menuchoice> dialog window: | |||
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# Fill the <menuchoice>Add Server</menuchoice> dialog window as shown in the next screenshot. As the purpose of this guide is to ultimately configure a secure authentication method, note that we have chosen to enable SSL to also use a secure transport between us and the server, logically complementing the choice of authentication. (You can learn more about Freenode's servers and the ports they listen on [http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml here].) Clicking the "Ok" button will add the server and take you back to the <menuchoice>New Network</menuchoice> dialog window. | |||
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Revision as of 18:50, 10 June 2012
This document will guide you through configuring SASL authentication for an IRC network, using the Freenode network as an example. Note: Support for SASL authentication is a new feature in Konversation v1.5, which has not yet been released. If you'd like to test SASL authentication prior to the release, have a look at our instructions for downloading the latest source code.
- Let's start by adding the network to the . (If you have already added the desired network to the server list, you can skip to step X.) Open the dialog window by pressing the F2 key or by clicking in the application menu:
- In the dialog window, click the button in the upper-right of the window to open the dialog window:
- In the dialog window, give the network a name by filling in the field. Then click the button below the list labeled to open the dialog window:
- Fill the dialog window as shown in the next screenshot. As the purpose of this guide is to ultimately configure a secure authentication method, note that we have chosen to enable SSL to also use a secure transport between us and the server, logically complementing the choice of authentication. (You can learn more about Freenode's servers and the ports they listen on here.) Clicking the "Ok" button will add the server and take you back to the dialog window.
