Re: [tor-relays] Tor and Freenode

On 2015-01-24 12:48:18 (+0100), Markus Hitter wrote:

http://www.freenode.org/irc_servers.shtml#tor

Besides the snippet you quoted, that page says "The primary Tor hidden service address for freenode is frxleqtzgvwkv7oz.onion". This is how Freenode welcomes tor users. "Connections to freenode directly from Tor exit nodes are not allowed".

At this point you're not a Tor user, you just set up a relay :). In order to connect to Freenode you should do it through Tor, or either block its usage by others. "If you do want to be a Tor exit node and still use freenode, you will have to [block ports]. Alternatively, you can allow any ports in your exit policy, and always connect to freenode using the hidden service".