Make an IRC server more "Discord like." reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 18:47 I am kinda new to IRC, if I made a server could I configure it to have chat logs, make channels more static like Discord. (You can't just make channels by doing /join), server wide ops, etc... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-17 19:05 How much time do you want to spend? ​ Short answer, depends on the server software you use and your level of effort you want to put into it. ​ Long answer, chat logs, no, some servers have X lines in past Y minutes dump on join. Channels static? Sure, again some servers allow you to block new channel creation. Server wide ops, thats called IRC Operators. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 19:10 Thank you, I've been trying to move away from Discord for privacy benefits, and I thought it would be cool to host my own chat server with only my friends. But most of them are not very techy so I am trying to make it as user-friendly as possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 19:12 Also besides getting an SSl cert and disableing DCC is there any other server settings I need to enable to maximize security and privacy? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-17 19:14 Teach them the ways of a IRC client. Pick one and work it out. I dont blame you for moving away from Discord for privacy. If only they could release a self-hosted standalone that can integrate with what they have, I would jump all over that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-17 19:16 SSL cert is rather easy, letsencrypt. Yeah your doing a 90\~ day SSL cert rotation but it is free. ​ Eh I would leave the DCC in there, makes IRC more of a selling point, you can do a direct file transfer. Unless you want to block the user IP for privacy reasons. If for privacy you will want to have some sort of services that can change the user hosts or have something in the IRC daemon that will mask the user host. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 19:43 Who is "they" in this situation? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-17 20:15 They = Discord. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 20:39 I've heard that there is an SDCC, (encripted). Have you ever used it? If so is it any good? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-17 20:43 I have not nor have I really used DCC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saber_UK · 2019-06-17 21:27 InspIRCd has all of this functionality. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-17 21:46 Cool, does it work like a normal IRC server? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saber_UK · 2019-06-17 23:20 Yes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-18 01:18 SSL support? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mindlesstux · 2019-06-18 02:51 Yes. [https://docs.inspircd.org/3/modules/#extra- modules](https://docs.inspircd.org/3/modules/#extra-modules) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TheRealNightElf · 2019-06-24 15:16 Check out [Riot.IM](https://Riot.IM) that might be more of what your looking for. Hope that helps. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-06-26 22:58 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hayden4126 · 2019-06-27 02:25 What is this?