Created attachment 889894 [details] Simple fix Description of problem: I noticed that after the heartbleed saga, a couple of IRC server would simply timeout when connecting to the SSL port. Turns out they required TLSv_1.2. Instead of forcing SSLv3 also support later versions via the SSLv23_method (https://www.openssl.org/docs/ssl/SSL_CTX_new.html) I am attaching a patch to let the libraries do the negotiation. Tested on a few servers and I can connect correctly on servers that do not enforce any SSL versions and on those that require TLS 1.2.
Now with POODLE, networks are starting to disallow SSLv3, so this patch allowing TLS is becoming more and more critical. Here is a similar report for Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xchat-gnome/+bug/1381484/ Although given the current level of activity with upstream X-Chat, I might be better off finding a new IRC client...
xchat-2.8.8-20.fc19,xchat-gnome-0.26.2-13.git40c5bf988.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xchat-2.8.8-20.fc19,xchat-gnome-0.26.2-13.git40c5bf988.fc19
xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21,xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21,xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21
xchat-2.8.8-22.fc20,xchat-gnome-0.26.2-15.git40c5bf988.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xchat-2.8.8-22.fc20,xchat-gnome-0.26.2-15.git40c5bf988.fc20
(In reply to Wil Cooley from comment #1) > Although given the current level of activity with upstream X-Chat, I might > be better off finding a new IRC client... Indeed. For existing xchat users, hexchat is a good alternative.
Package xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21, xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 21 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21 xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2014-13903/xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21,xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
xchat-gnome-0.26.2-17.git40c5bf988.fc21, xchat-2.8.8-26.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
xchat-2.8.8-20.fc19, xchat-gnome-0.26.2-13.git40c5bf988.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
xchat-2.8.8-22.fc20, xchat-gnome-0.26.2-15.git40c5bf988.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Tad late to this bug, but I am curious why XChat is still being maintained by Fedora. Upstream is clearly dead and has been superseded by HexChat which gets security fixes upstream.