Can't connect to IRC

[Zachary Crownover]

Some servers on EFnet are less reliable, there is only one server in the network that allows SSL connections for IRC. Several list it on the site but don’t work at all. The only one that consistently does falls over a fair bit so I’ll somewhat often get a lot of noise in irssi about reconnecting attempts to it.  I think the network needs more resiliency and better redundancy for SSL connections, but frankly, DragonFly BSD is just a user of the network like all of us emailing here and have no power in fixing the issue. At least none that I’m aware of.

> On Dec 13, 2019, at 05:19, eightbitastronomy <eightbitastronomy at protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I also have this problem. Thinking it might be related to the client application, I've tried Hexchat and Irssi. With neither can I connect.
> 
> 
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>> On Friday, December 13, 2019 9:44 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma at leaf.dragonflybsd.org> wrote:
>> 
>> This happens pretty often. I have no trouble with Freenode except that
>> sometimes I get disconnected for no apparent reason, but I can't connect to
>> EFnet for hours on end. The messages look like this:
>> 
>> [04:38] [Info] Trying to connect to irc.paraphysics.net (port 6667) in 10
>> seconds.
>> [04:39] [Info] Looking for server irc.paraphysics.net (port 6667)...
>> [04:39] [Info] Server found, connecting...
>> [04:39] [Info] Negotiating capabilities with server...
>> [04:39] [Error] Connection to server irc.paraphysics.net (port 6667) lost: The
>> remote host closed the connection.
>> [04:39] [Info] Trying to connect to irc.choopa.net (port 6667) in 10 seconds.
>> [04:39] [Info] Looking for server irc.choopa.net (port 6667)...
>> [04:39] [Info] Server found, connecting...
>> [04:39] [Info] Negotiating capabilities with server...
>> [04:39] [Error] Connection to server irc.choopa.net (port 6667) lost: The
>> remote host closed the connection.
>> [04:39] [Info] Trying to connect to irc.teksavvy.ca (port 6667) in 10 seconds.
>> [04:39] [Info] Looking for server irc.teksavvy.ca (port 6667)...
>> [04:39] [Info] Server found, connecting...
>> [04:39] [Info] Negotiating capabilities with server...
>> [04:39] [Error] Connection to server irc.teksavvy.ca (port 6667) lost: The
>> remote host closed the connection.
>> 
>> Any idea how to fix it?
>> 
>> Pierre
>> 
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>> 
>> When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
>> Já não percebe nada, já não percebe nada.
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