[sdkmvx]

> When you join ssh-chat, not only do I know who you claim to be, but I can also permanently and securely attach an identity to your connection without any user intervention on your part.

A great part of IRC is that there's no registration. There's no identity.

[jessaustin]

There doesn't have to be registration or a consistent identity with ssh, when it's used as described in TFA. Just pass a different identity file with "-i".

Of course, most uses of ssh would use a preestablished account on a host and that wouldn't vary, but there's nothing in the protocol requiring that.

[KirinDave]

That's... not true at all? Nickserv and Chanserv are essential parts of modern IRC and in practice people need a consistent identity to interact with most channels.

[aluhut]

Most? Essential? Not really. I can hop into most of the channels with a different nick every time. Nobody cares. I can even use the same one without registering it as long as nobody else does that. I can open a chan without being registered and enforce rules in there.

The only time I need to register something is when I want to keep the channel alive and still be OP when I come back, when I want to keep my nick or when the chan owner requires me to register.

Which is all not "most channels".

[progval]

Some channels ban non-registered users to protect themselves against spam.

[TheGorramBatman]

You don't need chanserv and you don't need nickserv. Efnet isn't dead -- it's just coughing up blood. (yes, it has ChanFix).

[daveloyall]

You must be from EFnet. Hello! :)