AustNet servers support client connections over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL, also known as TLS – Transport Layer Security). Connecting via SSL is recommended as it hinders the ability of a third-party to intercept the traffic as it passes from your connection to the AustNet server. Any traffic that a malicious third-party intercepts will be indecipherable.
If you are using mIRC, follow these steps to download and install the SSL pre-compiled binaries for Windows:
- Visit the related -> binaries page at http://www.openssl.org/related/binaries.html
- Download the OpenSSL for Windows self executable
- Install the binaries, then, navigate to the installation directory and copy the two .dll files – libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll – to your mIRC installation directory
- Restart mIRC, and verify SSL is available by typing //echo -a $sslready
- That’s it! You can now connect to AustNet servers over SSL by using `/server -e irc.austnet.org 6697′ or `/server irc.austnet.org +6697′
Additionally, if you are connecting through a psyBNC that has been compiled to support SSL, remember you should have both the inbound client connection and the outbound server connection configured for SSL (prefix bind/connect IPs with “S=”).
For more information on enabling SSL for mIRC, click here.
