Re: [Offtopic?] IRC blocked at school
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 09:00:28AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Michael Pobega wrote:
> > I just got into my new dorm room, only to find out that they block all
> > IRC clients. I find this pretty disheartening since I often lurk on
> > #debian and #debian-eeepc
> >
> > Is there any good way to tunnel or encrypt my data, or something
> > similar? I am looking for something feasible, considering I can't afford
> > to run my own tunnel or proxy.
> >
> You could always use XMPP to connect to IRC. Some site implementations
> support for connecting to protocols it obsoleted, such as IRC, AIM, MSN,
> etc.
>
Do you know of any XMPP servers with an IRC transport? I've never heard
of that. I mean, I've heard of AIM/MSN/etc, but never IRC.
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