so i tried to join chat from the website but that didn't work either:
https://sudoroom.org/chat/

[20:19] -herbert.freenode.net- Only users using SSL could join this channel!

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, Jake wrote:

> i guess i can't participate in IRC anymore because i can't figure out how to
> configure SSL on irssi
>
> when i try to join sudoroom it says:
> 20:16 !wilhelm.freenode.net Only users using SSL could join this channel!
>
> so i googled SSL irssi and it says:
> https://freenode.net/kb/answer/irssi
> /network add -sasl_username <login> -sasl_password <password> -sasl_mechanism PLAIN freenode
> /server add -auto -net freenode -ssl -ssl_verify chat.freenode.net 6697
> /save
>
> i'm guessing <login> and <password> are something that i have to type there
> but I don't know what they are or how to find them.  So i can't be in IRC
> until i figure that out.
>
> as if IRC wasn't already exclusionary enough?
>
> -jake
>
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