SSL

mIRC supports secure server connections via SSL through the use of the OpenSSL libraries.

Basic SSL settings can be found in the Connect/Options dialog, and are visible only when the OpenSSL dlls are loaded. mIRC loads the OpenSSL dlls automatically when it is first run if it finds libeay32.dll and ssleay32.dll (v0.9.7c) in the mIRC folder.

These files are not distributed with mIRC, you must download them separately from an appropriate website. You can find more information on SSL on the mIRC website.

Commands

To initiate a secure connection to an SSL capable server, you can use the /server -e switch, or prefix the port number with a plus sign, eg. +7001.

Identifiers

$sslready can be used to determine whether mIRC has loaded the dlls successfully.

$ssl can be used to determine whether the current server connection is secure or not.