User:BDavis (WMF)/Projects/WMF BCN

WMF BNC

As a WMF Staffer
I want to use an IRC bouncer to connect to freenode
So I can stay in touch with community and co-workers.

Status

Stalled Indefinitely

Ryan pointed out 2013-08-30 via IRC that something like this violates Terms of Use for Labs in several ways.

We discussed several possible changes to the proposed implementation but were unable to come up with something that would be assuredly secure.

Major issues were based on the need to keep freenode authentication information for each user on the host.

Plan

• Establish a multi-user capable on a labs host.
• Document use of BNC
• Profit!!!!

Wish List

• offline logging
• ping notification
• ???

Software

• ZNC looks promising to this n00b. See also:
  • http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC

Ubuntu 12.04

sudo apt-get install znc/precise-backports znc-dbg/precise-backports \
    znc-dev/precise-backports znc-extra/precise-backports znc-perl/precise-backports \
    znc-python/precise-backports znc-tcl/precise-backports

Things to watch out for

• YuviPanda says:
  • don't bother trying to manage conf with puppet. Just let people use the web interface and the irc commands
  • need to control access to logs as they contain sensitive info