NEW ANONYMOUS IRC SERVER HOWTO

Anons that already been using the i2p dark-net default IRC and participating on #occupy and indignados
movements came to some type of consensus:
To create our own IRC network inside of the dark-net with our own anonymous ways not only dedicated
to be secure and anonymous but also represent the kind of freedom and consensus, leaderless and
decentralization we want on the rest of the internet and in our societies. For this we
are creating and linking together volunteer IRC servers inside the i2p dark-net and with this
avoid DOS attacks and the recent privacy concerns anons had in the last months. More about this
on another release but in the mean time join us and lets all build a new world starting from
IRC.


                   HOW TO LOG INTO THE ANONYMOUS NEW IRC SERVERS!

USING GNU/LINUX - Ubuntu: (if using other distro just check http://www.i2p2.de/download.html) and skip the install part of this doc.

Adding the PPA via the command line and installing I2P

    Open a terminal and enter:

        sudo apt-add-repository ppa:i2p-maintainers/i2p

This command will add the PPA to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and fetch the gpg key that the repository has been signed with. The GPG key ensures that the packages have not been tampered with since being built.
Notify your package manager of the new PPA by entering

        sudo apt-get update

This command will retrieve the latest list of software from each repository that is enabled on your system, including the I2P PPA that was added with the earlier command.
You are now ready to install I2P!

        sudo apt-get install i2p

Adding the PPA Using Synaptic

    Open Synaptic (System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager).

Once Synaptic opens, select Repositories from the Settings menu.
Click the Other Sources tab and click Add and paste:

	 ppa:i2p-maintainers/i2p

into the APT-line field and click Add Source. Click the Close button then Reload.
In the Quick Filter box, type in i2p and press enter. When i2p is returned in the results list, right click i2p and select Mark for Installation. After doing so you may see a Mark additional required changes? popup. If so, click Mark then Apply.

now SETUP ANONS IRC

download this script to make things easier or copy and paste into a .sh file

-------------------------- START filename: add_irc_tunnel.sh and chmod +x ------------------

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [[ "$#" -lt "3" ]]; then
    cat << EOF
 USAGE:
 ./$(basename $0) <path> <host> <port>

 ARGS:
 path ....... Full path to your i2p tunnel list, if you have already
              ran I2P before this script, you may have to use
              /home/<user>/.i2p/i2ptunnel.config
 host ....... The IRC server's address you want to access
 port ....... A local open port to use

 EXAMPLE:
 ./$(basename $0) "/etc/i2p/i2ptunnel.config" "irc.anon-anarchist-action.i2p" "6669"

EOF
    exit 0
fi

die() {  # shout bloody messages
    echo -e "\e[1;31mERROR:\e[0;31m $1 \e[0m \n"
    exit 1
}

run_checks() {  # brain check
    [[ "${I2PTUNNEL##*/}" != "i2ptunnel.config" ]] && die "Wrong file"
    [[ ! -w "$I2PTUNNEL" ]] && die "$I2PTUNNEL : No write permission."
    [[ "$IRC_HOST" != @(*.*) ]] && die "$IRC_HOST : Not a valid hostname."
    [[ "$LOCAL_PORT" -eq 6668 || "$LOCAL_PORT" -lt 1024 || "$LOCAL_PORT" -gt 65535 ]] && die "$LOCAL_PORT : Invalid port."
    [[ "$NUM" -lt 7 ]] && die "$NUM : Not a valid tunnel identifier."
}

add_tunnel() {
cat >> "$I2PTUNNEL" << EOF
tunnel.${NUM}.name=IRC Proxy
tunnel.${NUM}.description=
tunnel.${NUM}.type=ircclient
tunnel.${NUM}.sharedClient=false
tunnel.${NUM}.interface=127.0.0.1
tunnel.${NUM}.listenPort=${LOCAL_PORT}
tunnel.${NUM}.targetDestination=${IRC_HOST}
tunnel.${NUM}.i2cpHost=127.0.0.1
tunnel.${NUM}.i2cpPort=7654
tunnel.${NUM}.option.inbound.nickname=IRC Proxy
tunnel.${NUM}.option.outbound.nickname=IRC Proxy
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.closeIdleTime=1200000
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.closeOnIdle=true
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.delayOpen=true
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.newDestOnResume=false
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.reduceIdleTime=600000
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.reduceOnIdle=true
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2cp.reduceQuantity=1
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2p.streaming.connectDelay=1000
tunnel.${NUM}.option.i2p.streaming.maxWindowSize=16
tunnel.${NUM}.option.inbound.length=3
tunnel.${NUM}.option.inbound.lengthVariance=0
tunnel.${NUM}.option.outbound.length=3
tunnel.${NUM}.option.outbound.lengthVariance=0
tunnel.${NUM}.startOnLoad=true
EOF
}

#[ VARIABLES ]#
I2PTUNNEL=$1   # path to our i2ptunnel.config file
IRC_HOST=$2    # our irc i2p hostname
LOCAL_PORT=$3  # our local port

# A default i2p installation already has 7 tunnels, labeled from 0 -> 6
# default is set to num=7 unless our 4th argument changes it.
NUM=${4:-7}

#[ MAIN ]#
run_checks  # make sure the user used their brain before keyboard
add_tunnel  # add our irc tunnel to their i2p tunnel list
echo "Done."
exit 0

------------------------------ END --------------------------------------

IMPORTNAT: make sure you stop your i2p server before running this script if not it will not work

sudo /etc/init.d/i2p stop

ok now to this script when you run it as "sudo" or with toor priviledges
the options are"

./add_irc_tunnel "/etc/i2p/i2ptunnel.config" "irc.anon-anarchist-action.i2p" "6669"

or

./add_irc_tunnel "/home/$yourusername_here/.i2p/i2ptunnel.config" "irc.anon-anarchist-action.i2p" "6669"

NOTE: this name irc.anon-anarchist-action.i2p is propagating now inside the dark-net i2p so you
may have to use the b32 address for more on this see the end of this note.

OK: now you can start your i2p server again

sudo /etc/init.d/i2p start


now download X-chat, iircII, Kvirc, BitchX or whatever is the IRC client you like to use
and configure it to use:

host: localhost
port: 6669

and to auto join channels:
#aaa
#anonops
#AnonAnarchistAction
#opmonsanto

etc for more channels when you are already log into IRC type
/list

or start your own ;-)

here there is an image with how should it look on the i2p config:
at the i2ptunnel tab look for the client tunnels you will see http https and two IRC ones..
open the IRC you just created.
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4655/anonirci2phowto.png

---- NOTE ----
The name irc.anon-anarchist-action.i2p is propagating it may take up to 4-5 days
in the mean time you can use the b32 address(like ip address on the internet but anonymous)
so put this instead of the name on the same field:
lighzva3g3qtph5xqw5wotzntg7dejqrtmxwepyrke73ljrjjsea.b32.i2p