* Closing Link: 93.115.95.205 (No more connections permitted from your host) If a message similar to the following appears. Social safety measures to prevent de-anonymization.End-to-end encryption using OTR and other plugins.The impact of potential back-doors in IRC clients.Dangers associated with downloaded files.Defense against Denial of Service attacks.Avoiding Trojan Horse attacks via malicious, downloaded files.If an IRC server uses a self-signed certificate, then explicitly check the SSL/TLS certificate is correct to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.It is also safer to combine additional layers of encryption like SSL, TLS or GPG if possible. If an onion service is available, then use it.The importance of (additional) encrypted connections:.For help with Whonix ™-related issues, see Support. Note that the official #Tor channel is on OFTC, but no Whonix ™ developers are active there! Upstream Tor developers do not support Whonix ™. It is recommended to add the securely encrypted version of the IRC server, preferably an onion service which uses SSL as a fallback or at best, both. All servers, besides the secure (SSL) version of the Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC) have been removed. HexChat in Whonix ™ has been hardened according to The Tor Project's Torrifying HexChat guide. It includes basic functionality found in IRC clients, like secure connections, multiple server connections, nick completion, a client-to-client protocol, direct client-to-client file transfer and chat, and a plugin system which allows extension of features and further customization. HexChat is an open source IRC client based on XChat.

2.5 Disabling Hardening and File Transfers.

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