Re: [new] net/swirc

lists@wrant.com wrote:
> Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:20:53 +0200 Solene Rapenne <solene@perso.pw>
> > Here is a port of swirc, a simple C irc client using curses. It supports SSL,
> > SASL auth mechanism, logging and is pledged.
> >
>
> Hi ports@,
>
> Interesting at first glance, Makefile from proposed swirc port contains:
>
> HOMEPAGE = https://www.nifty-networks.net/swirc/
>
> On the homepage is listed this repository https://github.com/uhlin/swirc
> with numerous links to changelogs, issue tracker, project home page etc.
>
> The account, picture and name bring up the thread from the misc archive:
>
> https://marc.info/?m=149532438309321
>
> Not objecting the port suggested, just please use caution with the port.
>
> Kind regards,
> Anton Lazarov

Indeed, I'll replace HOMEPAGE with the github page, it's better.

I did not know about the author past. I did analyze network traffic with
wireshark and did not find anything suspicious. I also reviewed the network
parts of the source code and I did not found anything obviously suspicious.