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Bug 618401 - Empathy should use port 8001 to connect to freenode irc
Empathy should use port 8001 to connect to freenode irc
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: empathy
Classification: Core
Component: Accounts
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: empathy-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2010-05-11 20:22 UTC by Brian Curtis
Modified: 2010-05-17 14:06 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
patch to fix issue (483 bytes, patch)
2010-05-11 20:22 UTC, Brian Curtis 		none Details | Review

Description Brian Curtis 2010-05-11 20:22:35 UTC 
Created attachment 160861 [details] [review]
patch to fix issue

Because of the DCC exploit issue (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixDCCExploit) with some routers, IRC clients in ubuntu use port 8000 to connect to freenode by default. Empathy is still using 6667.

Please change default port to 8001 for freenode.

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/568901
Comment 1 Brian Curtis 2010-05-11 20:28:28 UTC 
It is 8001, sorry for the typo in the description
Comment 2 Guillaume Desmottes 2010-05-17 14:06:54 UTC 
Thanks; fixed in 2.30 and master.

This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Thank you for your bug report.