[SFS] IRC

David L. Willson sfs@thegeek.nu
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:14:36 -0700 (MST)


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I'm grateful for your help on this, Chris. 

-- 
David L. Willson 
Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist 
RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA 
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267) 

This is a good time for a r3VOLution. 

----- Original Message -----

> At the moment none of us have channel ops. I'm negotiating to get
> that fixed. As soon as I get that fixed I'll unset the registration
> mode. At the moment I'm in the hurry up and wait phase.

> I see that the ip of the sender of my registration confirmation from
> is in dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net and no other list checked by
> http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check . (the sender IP was
> 198.50.184.119)

> IRC is a highly distributed service. do 'dig irc.freenode.net ' to
> see a list of some of the servers that participate. This does not
> however have much relation to the source of the confirmation email.

> I've given up on the bot I was going to use to manage ops. I'll be
> continuing work in a different tack as time and availability allows.

> I'd recommend not giving up on freenode yet. It is the current best
> managed IRC network available today. Perhaps that is not saying much
> but it does afford us a bit more support than we might want to
> manage our self? A public IRC server becomes a conduit for wares,
> spam and other nefarious uses. I'd just as soon let others take on
> that responsibility.

> That's my $0.02

> chris

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>I'm grateful for your help on this, Chris.<span><br><br><span name=3D"x"><=
/span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satel=
lite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>Mobile 720-333-LA=
NS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span name=3D"x"></spa=
n><br></span><br><hr id=3D"zwchr"><blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px soli=
d rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;color:#000;font-weight:=
normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,s=
ans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>At the moment none of us h=
ave channel ops.&nbsp; I'm negotiating to get that fixed.&nbsp; As soon as =
I get that fixed I'll unset the registration mode.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the momen=
t I'm in the hurry up and wait phase.<br>
<br></div><div>I see that the ip of the sender of my registration confirmat=
ion from is in <a href=3D"http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist/uceprotect=
" target=3D"_blank">dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net</a> and no other list checked by=
 <a href=3D"http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check" target=3D"_blank"=
>http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check</a>.&nbsp; (the sender IP was=
 198.50.184.119)<br>
<br></div><div>IRC is a highly distributed service.&nbsp; do 'dig <a href=
=3D"http://irc.freenode.net" target=3D"_blank">irc.freenode.net</a>' to see=
 a list of some of the servers that participate.&nbsp; This does not howeve=
r have much relation to the source of the confirmation email.<br>
<br></div><div>I've given up on the bot I was going to use to manage ops.&n=
bsp; I'll be continuing work in a different tack as time and availability a=
llows.<br><br></div><div>I'd recommend not giving up on freenode yet. It is=
 the current best managed IRC network available today.&nbsp; Perhaps that i=
s not saying much but it does afford us a bit more support than we might wa=
nt to manage our self?&nbsp; A public IRC server becomes a conduit for ware=
s, spam and other nefarious uses.&nbsp; I'd just as soon let others take on=
 that responsibility.<br>
<br></div><div>That's my $0.02<br></div><div>chris<br></div><div><br></div>=
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