On 28/02/13 18:48, Brion Vibber wrote:
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 6:20 AM, Petr Bena benapetr@gmail.com wrote:
it's blocked in my office as well, there are many ways to get through the firewall... most simple is just to install a bouncer or use irssi in a terminal of remote server if port 22 is open...
Note that if just the *port* is firewalled you` may be able to use the web interface: https://webchat.freenode.net/
-- brion
Note that if just the *port* is firewalled you can connect on another port «All freenode servers listen on ports 6665, 6666, 6667, 6697 (SSL only), 7000 (SSL only), 7070 (SSL only), 8000, 8001 and 8002» http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml
The funny thing is that sometimes you have to evade these no-irc blocks to get into a channel ‘supported’ by the company.