ExtlinkReplacements: replace irc:// with ircs://

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ExtlinkReplacements: replace irc:// with ircs:// #75

Closed nl6720 closed 3 years ago

nl6720 commented 3 years ago

Similar to the http:// → https:// replacement, irc:// could be updated to ircs:// for networks that support it.

Some of the networks that support IRC over TLS (and have a valid certificate) are:

chat.freenode.net
irc.oftc.net
irc.rizon.net
irc.azzurra.org

lahwaacz commented 3 years ago

Is it possible for us to also check if the irc:///ircs:// links are working? Can we use some generic networking library or do we need an actual IRC client? There are likely some Python libraries that we could use...

nl6720 commented 3 years ago

I'm sure it' should be possible, but is it worth it... For ircs:// you would also need to make sure the python lib validates the certificate (if it is trusted and also valid for the server).