[tor-talk] No Ident response on IRC when using Tor

[Sebastian G. <bastik.tor>]

Tim Wilde, 24.05.2012 18:50:
> On 5/24/2012 12:35 PM, Sebastian G. <bastik.tor> wrote:
>> [...]
>> I don't know since when the reduced exit policy is in place, but I 
>> edited the config (torrc) to use only "wau" as exit. It allows
>> almost any port, according to Atlas.
> 
> The ident request involves the IRC server initiating a connection back
> to the IP you are connecting from and requesting ident information.
> It doesn't matter what exit you use, this will never work for a Tor
> server, as it won't have any information to return.  This is simply
> something that is expected when using Tor, and is unrelated to the
> disconnect message in your original post.  It's rare (if it happens at
> all) for an IRC server to refuse clients based on a lack of ident
> response.
> 

Thank you for explaining so nicely. I guess I simply have to wait.

Thanks to all of you.

Regards,
bastik_tor