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'''Internet Relay Chat''' ('''IRC''') is a chat protocol that has been around for a long time but still remains popular, especially among the open source crowd.
 
'''Internet Relay Chat''' ('''IRC''') is a chat protocol that has been around for a long time but still remains popular, especially among the open source crowd.
  
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==OFTC==
 
==OFTC==
 
<code>irc.oftc.net</code> is a smaller IRC service for smaller free cultural projects, including Tor.
 
<code>irc.oftc.net</code> is a smaller IRC service for smaller free cultural projects, including Tor.
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It allows access via ssl with it's self-signed cert, and tor.
  
;<code>[[VTLUUG:Pound VTLUUG|#vtluug]]</code>:  Channel for the [[Linux and Unix Users Group]]
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;<code>[[VTLUUG:Pound vtluug|#vtluug]]</code>:  Channel for the [[Linux and Unix Users Group]]
;<code>[[Pound VTCSEC|#vtcsec]]</code>: Channel for the [http://vtcsec.ru Cyber Security Club]
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;<code>#vtcsec</code>: Channel for the [http://vtcsec.org Cyber Security Club]. A slack bridge is maintained in the channel
 
;<code>#ece2524</code>: Official channel for [[ECE2524]]
 
;<code>#ece2524</code>: Official channel for [[ECE2524]]
 
;<code>#vtece</code>: General chanel for Virginia Tech's ECE department
 
;<code>#vtece</code>: General chanel for Virginia Tech's ECE department
;<code>[[Pound CS-Lounge|#cs-lounge]]</code>: Channel for the Computer Science Lounge
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;<code>#cs-lounge</code>: Channel for the Computer Science Lounge
 
;<code>#vtluug-gulag</code>: Труд в Linux и Unix группы пользователей в Virginia Tech является делом чести, славы, мужества и героизма.
 
;<code>#vtluug-gulag</code>: Труд в Linux и Unix группы пользователей в Virginia Tech является делом чести, славы, мужества и героизма.
;<code>#vtluug-nsfw</code>: Unofficial counterpart to #vtluug used for posting not-safe-for-work content.
 
;<code>#vtcsex</code>: That other type of cyber
 
  
 
==Freenode==
 
==Freenode==
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;<code>#vtara</code>: Channel for the [[gp:VTARA|Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association]]
 
;<code>#vtara</code>: Channel for the [[gp:VTARA|Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association]]
 
;<code>#ossie</code>: Channel for the [[OSSIE]] software defined radio project
 
;<code>#ossie</code>: Channel for the [[OSSIE]] software defined radio project
;<code>#vtfreeculture</code>: Channel for [[Free Culture]], once defunct but active again as of January 2010
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;<code>#vtfreeculture</code>: Channel for [[Free Culture]], defunct
 
;<code>##vt-enge1104</code>: Unofficial channel for students in [[gp:ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future|ENGE 1104]]. This was mainly used by students in the Spring 2012 lecture, but is no longer active.
 
;<code>##vt-enge1104</code>: Unofficial channel for students in [[gp:ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future|ENGE 1104]]. This was mainly used by students in the Spring 2012 lecture, but is no longer active.
  
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* [[w:Internet Relay Chat|Wikipedia IRC article]]
 
* [[w:Internet Relay Chat|Wikipedia IRC article]]
 
* [http://freenode.net/ Freenode homepage]
 
* [http://freenode.net/ Freenode homepage]
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* [[Wadsworth]]
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* [[Pound vtluug]]
  
[[Category:Cyberspace]]
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[[Category:Infrastructure]]
[[Category:IRC]]
 
 
[[Category:Featured content]]
 
[[Category:Featured content]]

Latest revision as of 01:20, 4 January 2018

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a chat protocol that has been around for a long time but still remains popular, especially among the open source crowd.

Virginia Tech Related IRC Channels

OFTC

irc.oftc.net is a smaller IRC service for smaller free cultural projects, including Tor. It allows access via ssl with it's self-signed cert, and tor.

#vtluug
Channel for the Linux and Unix Users Group
#vtcsec
Channel for the Cyber Security Club. A slack bridge is maintained in the channel
#ece2524
Official channel for ECE2524
#vtece
General chanel for Virginia Tech's ECE department
#cs-lounge
Channel for the Computer Science Lounge
#vtluug-gulag
Труд в Linux и Unix группы пользователей в Virginia Tech является делом чести, славы, мужества и героизма.

Freenode

irc.freenode.net is probably the most popular IRC service for free cultural projects. Big names like Wikipedia and Ubuntu have their official channels there.

#vtara
Channel for the Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Association
#ossie
Channel for the OSSIE software defined radio project
#vtfreeculture
Channel for Free Culture, defunct
##vt-enge1104
Unofficial channel for students in ENGE 1104. This was mainly used by students in the Spring 2012 lecture, but is no longer active.

2600net

irc.2600.net offers some nice features like SSL. Virginia Tech students typically primarily idle in just one channel on that server.

#va2600
Channel for 2600 readers, group members and others in Virginia, VT idlers minimal these days

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