[SFS] IRC
Gary Romero
sfs@thegeek.nu
Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:20:53 -0700
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I've heard rumors of people's IP's being blacklisted after putting up
ircs... Unconfirmed rumors but still, one more reason not to host our own.
On Nov 15, 2013 8:15 PM, "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@thegeek.nu> wrote:
> 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.
>
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>
> 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 <http://whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist/uceprotect>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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<p dir=3D"ltr">I've heard rumors of people's IP's being blackli=
sted after putting up ircs... Unconfirmed rumors but still, one more reason=
not to host our own.</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 15, 2013 8:15 PM, "David L. Willson&=
quot; <<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu">DLWillson@thegeek.nu</a>&=
gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman">I'm grat=
eful for your help on this, Chris.<span><br><br><span name=3D"x"></span>--<=
br>David L. Willson<br>Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist<br>RHCE+Satellite CCAH=
Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA<br>
Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br><br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span=
name=3D"x"></span><br></span><br><hr><blockquote style=3D"padding-left:5px=
;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;margin-left:5px;font-family:Helvetica,Ari=
al,sans-serif;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal;border-left:2px solid=
rgb(16,16,255)">
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>At the moment none of us have channel ops.=C2=A0 I=
9;m negotiating to get that fixed.=C2=A0 As soon as I get that fixed I'=
ll unset the registration mode.=C2=A0=C2=A0 At the moment I'm in the hu=
rry 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>.=C2=A0 (the sender IP was=
198.50.184.119)<br>
<br></div><div>IRC is a highly distributed service.=C2=A0 do 'dig <a hr=
ef=3D"http://irc.freenode.net" target=3D"_blank">irc.freenode.net</a>' =
to see a list of some of the servers that participate.=C2=A0 This does not =
however 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 op=
s.=C2=A0 I'll be continuing work in a different tack as time and availa=
bility allows.<br><br></div><div>I'd recommend not giving up on freenod=
e yet. It is the current best managed IRC network available today.=C2=A0 Pe=
rhaps that is not saying much but it does afford us a bit more support than=
we might want to manage our self?=C2=A0 A public IRC server becomes a cond=
uit for wares, spam and other nefarious uses.=C2=A0 I'd just as soon le=
t others take on that responsibility.<br>
<br></div><div>That's my $0.02<br></div><div>chris<br></div><div><br></=
div><div><br></div></div>
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