I have been fighting to get tor-0.2.1.7-alpha working on my system for a while and finally appear to have it working now. Now I find that trying to connect to IRC servers fails:
[15:06] [Info] Trying to reconnect to irc.freenode.org in 20 seconds. [15:06] [Info] Looking for server irc.freenode.org:6667... [15:06] [Info] Server found, connecting... [15:06] [Info] Connected; logging in... [15:06] [Notice] -- *** Looking up your hostname... [15:06] [Notice] -- *** Checking ident [15:06] [Notice] -- *** Couldn't look up your hostname [15:06] [Notice] -- *** No identd (auth) response [15:06] [Notice] -zelazny.freenode.net- *** Banned: Tor freenode is hidden- service-only (mejokbp2brhw4omd.onion) - see freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml. (2008/11/18 21.17) [15:06] [error] Closing Link: 127.0.0.1 (Banned) Why does running tor suddenly cause me to be unable to connect to freenode? I am NOT running a torified irc client. Also, where's the address 127.0.0.1 coming from? Why is my REAL IP address now invisible (apparently) and tor causing sites to think I am trying to use the <illegal> localhost IP? praedor