#Mirc nickserv how to

Once you have verified you have OpenSSL support on your platform, you will need to create a key and certificate.įor Linux platforms, the following command should be sufficient: Locate Keychain Access in your Utilities folder to begin. Mac already comes with the OpenSSL binary and libraries installed by default. You no longer need to download and install OpenSSL for Windows so long as you are using either mIRC version 7.36 or better, or HexChat for Windows, unless you need to generate a user certificate. OpenSSL support on Windows is typically included with more recent versions of such clients like mIRC and HexChat. If neither of these is true for you, you will need to go to the official OpenSSL website, download the sources, and compile it yourself. Most Linux distributions already come with the OpenSSL binary and libraries either installed by default or available to be installed from a package management system (e.g apt-get, yum, etc).

Windows IRC clients will typically include OpenSSL support already, and so usually no additional installation is needed for SSL support on Windows.

We will be using OpenSSL to create the certificate.

#Mirc nickserv how to

This page describes how to connect, and identify yourself to services securely via a certificate fingerprint.Ī major advantage of using a CertFP to authenticate is that you don't have to use /msg NickServ IDENTIFY anymore.īy using SSL you are also encrypting the connection between you and the server.

5 Add the certificate fingerprint to NickServ.