On 16 Jul 2024, MRO said the following...
 
 MR>   Re: Re: Password setting for Irc Client accessing a private irc server
 MR>   By: nelgin to Odusseus71 on Tue Jul 16 2024 12:29 pm
 MR>  > I don't think that is supported. I've never had to login to an IRC
 MR>  > server that requires a password in 30 years of IRCing.
 MR> 
 MR> Oh, it's not a rarity.  The ability to login to irc servers using a
 MR> password is in every irc client i've seen.

japanese ircnet servers have allowed connections outside of *.jp hosts for at least 20 years with the same password. i guess it was sufficient enough that it's not something the l33t hackers would think to search. and you'd have to translate the text to get the password (which might not have been easy until around 2006 without actual books or someone that can read it)

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