🔐 Set up IRCnet SASL with Your Own Domain

This guide will show you how to connect to IRCnet using your own domain (e.g. mydomain.hu) and hide your real IP.

1. Add your domain in the SASL panel

Go to: https://sasl.ircnet.com/account/hostnames/create

Enter your domain name, e.g. mydomain.hu
You will see Not verified next to it — click EDIT
Copy the full verification string starting with ircnet-cloak-verification=...

2. Create a TXT DNS record

Create a new TXT record
For the root domain (e.g. mydomain.hu)
Paste the full ircnet-cloak-verification=... string

You don’t need A or AAAA records — only TXT is required!

3. Verify the domain

After a few minutes (DNS propagation), return to: https://sasl.ircnet.com/account/hostnames and click Verify now.

Once verified, your domain will be linked to your account.

4. Create SASL credentials

Go to: https://sasl.ircnet.com/account/cloaks/create

Hostname: select your domain (e.g. mydomain.hu)
Mechanism: PLAIN
Login ID: leave as-is
Password: choose a password for your SASL connection
IP address / subnet:
- To allow from one IP: 123.45.67.89
- To allow globally: ::/0

Click Create and wait around 10 minutes for it to sync.

5. Configure your IRC client irssi

./network add -sasl_username YOUR_LOGIN -sasl_password YOUR_PASSWORD -sasl_mechanism PLAIN sasl
./server add -net sasl sasl.irc.atw.hu 6697 -ssl
./save
./connect sasl

YOUR_LOGIN – your registered SASL login
YOUR_PASSWORD – the password you set for SASL

6. Notes

You can add multiple domains and create multiple cloaks
Your real IP stays hidden — visible host is e.g. mydomain.hu
Everything works via TXT record only — no A/AAAA needed

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