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This does not include ssl support? How much does this limit the number of irc nets that you can connect to?

[ijijijjij]

I never seen an IRC server that only support SSL.... I don't use many networks nowadays though... I only know of one channel that supports encrypted DCC transfers though.

[Biganon]

Many channels have a flag to only accept users connected through SSL

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Link-net comes to mind