7 Jun
2013
7 Jun
'13
12:11
On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 11:22:57AM +0200, Alexander Barton wrote:
On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 02:05:40PM -0400, Xenophod wrote:
How can I get ngircd to listen on port 443? I don't need SSL, I just need a port that won't ever be blocked by ISPs/Wifi-hotspots/work networks
I tried adding 443 to the listening ports, but I get a Permission denied message.
You can't.
ngIRCd drops root privileges when starting up and before binding any ports. But root privileges are required to use ports <1024. Therefore this isn't possible, you must use port(s) >=1024.
A work-around might be to use stunnel https://www.stunnel.org/index.htm (plus, if needed a suitable IPTables &c ruleset).
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