Irssi proxy at sdf-eu
Wednesday Sep 26  6:39:34 2012

Having a shell account at sdf/sdf-eu is a fantastic thing to have.
There is absolutely no doubt about it. Not only can you do a lot of
things with access to a remote machine but also you can learn many
new things sharing your knowledge with really computer savvy people

I have been using tmux + weechat at sdfeu for a long time. I had
tried to take advantage of irssi's proxy but I had not been 
able to use it properly because I didn't know how to configure thin
to work with ipv4 (the ports on odin are ipv6) but I could 
finally configure it thanks to a post by thgrnhrnt on the Meta bboa
named "irssi proxy setup". Thanks to a reply by omwah 
first and to a later irc talk with thgrnhrnt did the trick.

Now I have my irssi proxy up and running connected on sdfeu and I u
my local client to connect to it as if it were a bouncer. 
Well, some would claim it *is*.

I'm writing here a quick reference in order not to forget how to do
it and who knows, it might be helpful for someone else trying to do
the same.

0. Remember to start irssi inside 'screen' or 'tmux'. I use 'tmux'.

1. First steps first (following the official irssi documentation):

Load the proxy: /LOAD proxy
In order to load it automatically, add '/load proxy' to .irssi/star

2. Set a password for the proxy.

/SET irssiproxy_password 

3. Configure the ports for the networks you want to connect to. As 
user I have port 63930 assigned. Do not copy, it is all mine ;)

In order to know yours type 'id'. Your 'uid' number is your initial
port.

/SET irssiproxy_ports oftc=63930 freenode=63931 sdf=63932 

4. To check that it is open, you can use: netstat -a | grep 63930

and now continue configuring irssi as omwah said:

> You need to add something like this to your .irssi/config:
> Under settings->proxy:
>    irssiproxy_bind = "192.94.73.4";
> This will bind to sverige's IP. Although I think 0.0.0.0 will mak
it 
> bind to any IPV4 interface. If you want to bind both IPV6 and IPV
> I believe you would do something like this:
>    irssiproxy_bind = "0.0.0.0 ::";

I used: irssiproxy_bind = "0.0.0.0 ::"; to bind to all addresses an
both ipv4 and ipv6

5. Connect your irssi to the network and channels.

6. Now in your local irc client configure as many connections to as
many irc network ports you configured in your remote proxy. 

Something like this (depending on the client you are using):

/SERVER ADD -network oftc sdfeu.org 63930 
/SERVER ADD -network freenode  sdfeu.org 63931 
/SERVER ADD -network sdf sdfeu.org 63932 

7. Enjoy!!!

Credits:

 - Thanks to thgrnhrnt and omwah

Comments:

 - A friend of mine is going to be very "happy" ;)