Encrypted IRC service

[Christopher Browne]

On 9/30/07, Neil Watson <tlug-neil-8agRmHhQ+n2CxnSzwYWP7Q at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Is it possible to run an IRC server that can encrypt client/server
> traffic?  Which IRC servers and clients support encryption?

The Jabber protocol is designed for this, although it's intended more
for instant-messaging-like systems, as opposed to the more
broadcast-like behaviour of IRC.

There something incompatible with trying to combine secrecy with
broadcast; keeping broadcasts secret does not entirely make sense.

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