How to connect through Tor

Tripsit provides a tor hidden service to allow anonymous connections. You will need to connect without tor at least once to register your nickname.

Step 1: Register a nickname

Connect without tor and register a nickname with NickServ (More information Here)

Step 2: Configure your IRC client to use tor as a proxy

Configure your IRC client to use Tor as a proxy. Directions for individual clients Here

Step 3: Start tor

Start the tor daemon (Or Vidalia control panel)

Step 4: Configure your IRC client to connect to fgkjgjce66ymgx2g.onion with SSL and SASL

Set up your client to connect to fgkjgjce66ymgx2g.onion with SSL on port 6697. Configure your client to identify with SASL or you won't be able to connect. (Info on how to configure SASL can be found Here

Step 5: Connect

Connect! It may take some time to negotiate a connection through the tor network, so be patient! If there's any issues, join #help or PM Physical.