Setting your TheLounge client to automatically IDENTIFY using SASL Your TheLounge client can automatically *try to log you into Services (NickServ) when it connects to IRC4Fun. Follow the steps outlined below to setup: 1. Edit the network [caption id="attachment_1228" align="alignnone" width="820"] Edit Network[/caption] 2. Choose your preferred Authentication Mechanism -- Client Certificate (SASL External) is recommended Benefits: Easy to automatically be identified, No Password is sent, Always automatically identified Cons: Users may occasionally lose their certificate and/or forget their password. (Can be reset if email on account is valid) Username + Password (SASL Plain) is also available - Enter your primary Nickname (registered with NickServ) as Username and your NickServ password. No authentication can be used if you do not have a registered nickname, or if you prefer to send…
How to get an Account /JOIN #TheLounge and ask for one -- wait patiently for a response from siniStar. Email thelounge.staff @ IRC4Fun.net from the email address associated with your NickServ account, using the subject "TheLounge Account Request". Include in the message body your NickServ username, your desired TheLounge Account password and confirm that you agree to both the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Make sure to read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and that you agree to both.
IRC4Fun's Cloaks & VHosts IRC4Fun offers hostmask/IP cloaking to both un-registered Guests as well as registered (and identified) users. Guests are partially hidden or cloaked. Registered users are given a full cloak (vhost). Guests By default, your hostname (or IP address) is partially hidden or cloaked. It will look something like IRC4Fun-6c821u.somehost.net. This still can reveal your Internet Service Provider. Registered & Identified Users Registered (and identified) users will have a full cloak (VHost), which looks like users/AccountName IRCplus's TheLounge Client (Very effective) [caption id="attachment_951" align="aligncenter" width="300"] TheLounge Screenshot[/caption] IRCplus also offers an always connected, Web & Mobile IRC Client called TheLounge to it's registered users for FREE! Using this convenient client will hide your hostname and IP address behind our purple.ircplus.net hostname. (Your real hostname and IP would…
