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Logging in to an IRC server over ssh could do the user verification using the user key, just like https can do client certificates. It is an underrated posibili

by gbraad 11y ago

Logging in to an IRC server over ssh could do the user verification using the user key, just like https can do client certificates. It is an underrated posibility perhaps..

e12e 11y ago
Reminds me of: "Show HN: ssh chat.shazow.net" (the github repo actually links to the medium article of this story now) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8743374 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8743374 I suppose the natural thing would be to marry the Robust IRC server/gateway to a golang ssh front-end, so that one could ssh in and be dumped right in a (nick authenticated) robust irc sesssion...: https://github.com/robustirc/robustirc https://github.com/robustirc/robustirc