[SFS] IRC

Chris Fedde sfs@thegeek.nu
Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:41:59 -0700


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At your convenience can you please part from #sofreeus?  To recover channel
ops we need to vacate the channel.

thanks
chris


On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Gary Romero <randomincolorado@gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr">At your convenience can you please part from #sofreeus? =
=A0To recover channel ops we need to vacate the channel.<div><br></div><div=
>thanks</div><div>chris</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Gary Romero <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:randomincolorado@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">randomincolorado@g=
mail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;ve heard rumors of people&#39;s IP&#39;s being blackli=
sted after putting up ircs... Unconfirmed rumors but still, one more reason=
 not to host our own.</p><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Nov 15, 2013 8:15 PM, &quot;David L. Willson&=
quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:DLWillson@thegeek.nu" target=3D"_blank">DLWills=
on@thegeek.nu</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex">

<div><div style=3D"font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman">I&#39;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.=A0 I&#39;m=
 negotiating to get that fixed.=A0 As soon as I get that fixed I&#39;ll uns=
et the registration mode.=A0=A0 At the moment I&#39;m in the hurry up and w=
ait 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>.=A0 (the sender IP was 19=
8.50.184.119)<br>


<br></div><div>IRC is a highly distributed service.=A0 do &#39;dig <a href=
=3D"http://irc.freenode.net" target=3D"_blank">irc.freenode.net</a>&#39; to=
 see a list of some of the servers that participate.=A0 This does not howev=
er have much relation to the source of the confirmation email.<br>


<br></div><div>I&#39;ve given up on the bot I was going to use to manage op=
s.=A0 I&#39;ll be continuing work in a different tack as time and availabil=
ity allows.<br><br></div><div>I&#39;d recommend not giving up on freenode y=
et. It is the current best managed IRC network available today.=A0 Perhaps =
that is not saying much but it does afford us a bit more support than we mi=
ght want to manage our self?=A0 A public IRC server becomes a conduit for w=
ares, spam and other nefarious uses.=A0 I&#39;d just as soon let others tak=
e on that responsibility.<br>


<br></div><div>That&#39;s my $0.02<br></div><div>chris<br></div><div><br></=
div><div><br></div></div>
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