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- Usage: ENCRYPT [<nickname>|<channel> [<key>]]
- ENCRYPT allows you to hold an encrypted conversations with
- a person or a whole channel. Once a nickname/channel and
- key is specified, all messages you send to that
- nickname/channel will automatically be encrypted using the
- given key. Likewise, any messages from that nickname/channel
- will automatically be decrypted. ircII is smart enough to know
- if the incoming message isn't encrypted and will not attempt to
- decrypt it. If you received an encrypted message from someone
- for whom you haven't specified a key, it will be displayed as
- [ENCRYPTED MESSAGE].
-
- The <key> can be any text which is to be used an they key
- for encryption/decryption of the conversation. It is up to
- you and the people you wish to talk to about how to agree upon
- a key and how to communicate it to one another.
-
- For example, if user CheeseDog wishes to talk encryptedly with
- user DogCheese, they must first agree on an encryption key
- (case sensitive), say foo. Then user CheeseDog must issue a
- ENCRYPT DogCheese foo
- and user DogCheese must issue a
- ENCRYPT CheeseDog foo
- Thereafter, all messages sent between CheeseDog and DogCheese
- will be encrypted and decrypted automatically.
-
- If ENCRYPT is given with a nickname but no key, then encrypted
- conversation is ended with that user. If ENCRYPT is given with
- no arguments, the list of encrypted user and keys are
- displayed.
-
- IrcII uses a built in encryption method that isn't terribly secure.
- You can use another if you so choose, see SEE ENCRYPT_PROGRAM
- for information about this.
-
- If you are sending encrypted messages to a user or channel, you
- can toggle it off and on in a message line by inserting the
- control-E character in the input line. This is usually done
- by hitting control-Q then control-E. An inverse video E will
- appear in the input line.
-
- Note:
- Control-q is bound (see BIND) to quote_character by default.
- It is frequently necessary to change this to some other char.
-
- See Also:
- SET ENCRYPT_PROGRAM
-