# notes on using irssi

## connect to temporary server
```
/connect -tls irc.thebackupbox.net 6697
```

## using the otr shit

first, make sure OTR is built into your version of irssi. if not, build a new version that has it.
can check by doing:
```
/otr
```
in irssi. if it says command not found or something, otr wasn't built into irssi.

as said on their website...
=> https://irssi.org/download/
download a a build, make sure you have meson, ninja, and libotr-dev installed then..
```
tar xJf irssi-*.tar.xz
cd irssi-*
meson Build
ninja -C Build && sudo ninja -C Build install
```

open up a PM with the person you want to chat with and then do /otr init
it will take a few seconds to generate keys.

when that finishes it should list the fingerprint of the key it just generated like..

16:51 OTR key fingerprint: F2AD0A09 906EE99E B16284F2 5AB69268 FAB587F8 for epoch_
16:51 OTR key fingerprint: 82E43F74 A6527CAF 20A8509A 7524D9CF B0042CC9 for epoch

then you can either do a normal /otr auth like:
```
/otr auth some-bit-of-data-shared-over-a-secure-channel
```
to which the other person would respond with the same command.

OR

```
/otr authq "what is the meaning of life?" not fuckin' 42
```
to which the other person would respond with the command:
```
/otr auth not fuckin' 42
```

or you can share the fingerprints, make sure they match, and use:
```
/otr trust
```