IRC Channel Security

[quantum_mechani]

Allow me as well?

[vondrack]

Originally posted by Kloreep
*bump*

Help, help, let me in!

Done.

[vondrack]

Originally posted by quantum_mechani
Allow me as well?

q_m, you first need to register your nickname - I cannot add you to the access list until you do that. Here is how (I have resued a guide I posted over in the ISDG - hope I replaced all relevant chatrrom names etc.):

Registering your nick

• join the Legoland chat under your desired nickname (try sticking to your regular Poly nick, please)
  
• type /msg NickServ REGISTER password your_email
  
  Note:choose a strong, difficult to guess password (like 8t7ewy$ ) and do remember it well! Keep in mind that case matters: FIDO, Fido, and fido are three different passwords!
  
• you shall then receive an authorization code from the Apolyton IRC server to your email account (specified in the REGISTER command) in no time - just check your email account without actually leaving the chat.
  
• look into the authorization email, you will find the following line there: /msg NickServ AUTH nine_digit_code - type it in the chat window
  
• you should get a confirmation that your nickname has been successfully registered to you; next time you join the chat under your registered nickname, you will need to specify your password using the following command: /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password
  
• strengthen you security setting by using /msg NickServ set secure ON and /msg NickServ set kill ON
  
  Note: for more information about NickServ, type /msg NickServ help. It would be fine to type /msg NickServ help commands in order to familiarize yourself with some of the commands, in case you'll ever need to use them.

Gaining access to the Legoland room

Once registered, post a brief message in here, stating your registered your nickname. I will add your nick to the list of those allowed to enter the chatroom. You will then be able to join by using simply /join #Legoland.

BEWARE! Do not try to enter the secure chatroom under any unregistered (temporary) nick or prior to IDENTIFYing yourself, or you will cause a ban to be issued upon your address. You would then be unable to enter even under the correct registered nick. If this happens, PM me or post here, asking the ban to be removed.

Keeping your registration in effect

Keep in mind that registered nicknames not used for 30 days will be automatically "unregistered" and become available to everybody again... join the chat at least once a month to keep your registration in effect.

Automating your login

As it can be a pain in the neck to IDENTIFY every time you log on to the Poly IRC, here is what you need to do, if you are using mIRC (sorry, guys, those of you using the Java applet will have to IDENTIFY manually every time - no way to make this automated for you ):

1. Launch mIRC.
2. Select File, Options.
3. Expand the Connect branch.
4. Select Perform.
5. Set Enable perform on connect on.
6. Put /msg NickServ IDENTIFY your_password into the edit field.
7. Hit OK.
   
8. Select Options.
9. Set Reconnect on disconnection to off.
   Note: steps 8. and 9. are not necessary, but will help you avoid having your mIRC to attempt reconnecting automatically under a temporary nick, triggering an autoban being issued upon your address (say, you went to bed and changed your nick to Myself|asleep... if you got diconnected accidentally, mIRC would try reconnecting under your unregistered "asleep" nick, which would be kicked out of the room immediately, with an autoban raised at the same time).

Killing your ghost

If your computer crashes or you get disconnected from internet in an ungraceful way, a "ghost session" of yours may remain registered with the IRC server for some time, preventing you from reconnecting under your registered nick. If that happens, use the following procedure command to kill your ghost:

1. connect to the IRC server under a temporary nickname, like temp_nickname
2. use /msg NickServ GHOST nickname password to "kill" your ghost session
3. use /nick nickname to change your nick to the desired one
4. then identify as usually: /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password

[Kloreep]

Channel registration seems to have been dropped.

redstar1's nick is still registered, so I'm not sure what happened.

[redstar1]

Sorted

[Kloreep]

Registration has been dropped again. Strange.

[vondrack]

David, could you reinstate and repopulate our chatroom, please? We might soon need it...

Thanks

[redstar1]

Done

[vondrack]

After losing my nick registration (haven't chatted for too long), I have re-registered and need to be added to the list. David, can you do that for me?

Thanks.

[redstar1]

Done

[ZargonX]

Yeah... I kind of got banned, too Re-approve, please

[vondrack]

Thanks!

Speaking of the chatroom and chats... guys, it seems it's time to finally have some real big warchats ourselves!

I have just joined the chatroom and will idle there for the rest of today... let's see how many of us can get together!

[Jack_www]

I would like to be allowed back into legoland chat. nick Jack_www

[vondrack]

I tried to let you in, but my memory failed me. redstar will have to authorize you, I just cannot recall the syntax (have you registered your nick on the Poly IRC server? that is a must).

[redstar1]

yeah looks like jack_www isn't registered yet...