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When I set up an IRC account on the irc.freenode.net server and select "Use SSL" under the advanced tab, I get an "SSL Handshake Failed" error.
I found a guide for setting up an SSL freenode connection via Pidgin/Ubuntu that relies on the ca-certificates Ubuntu package.
How can I add freenode's certificate to Pidgin on Windows? (Or otherwise set up an SSL-based account?)
david.libremone
Posted 2016-03-22T14:54:41.797
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first step https://superuser.com/questions/217719/what-are-the-windows-system-certificate-stores
– david.libremone – 2016-03-22T15:13:14.610as of this posting there is no documentation to speak of on freenode.net itself: https://blog.freenode.net/2016/02/recent-events-and-future-changes/
– david.libremone – 2016-03-22T15:18:04.543opened
mmc.exeand added Certificates snap-in ... next step: get the freenode certificate in a format I can import – david.libremone – 2016-03-22T15:26:00.083look like it one would expect it to be published somewhere secure by freenode - example from another server: http://wiki.chat4all.org/index.php/SSL_CA_import_instructions
– david.libremone – 2016-03-22T15:33:29.310looks like new website should be up soon: https://github.com/freenode/web-7.0/blob/master/content/kb/connect/chat.md
– david.libremone – 2016-03-23T13:20:41.137https://freenode.net/kb/answer/chat#accessing-freenode-via-ssl – david.libremone – 2016-04-07T15:16:38.947