Re:Freenode IRC logging archive Echelog is shutting down
by LinuxBender on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:29PM
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Yes, IRC servers can support or enforce TLS for the transport and end users can use OTR (Off The Record) with many IRC clients. IRC uses TCP which Tor supports. There are IRC servers on Tor. Here [1] is an example of WeeChat + OTR. OTR is E2E encryption.
[1] - https://github.com/mmb/weechat-otr