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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by zecho on Thursday February 06, 2014 @09:07AM (#7190415)
DDoS has also been used to cause netsplits, which can then be exploited to gain access to private rooms.
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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by meebi on Thursday February 06, 2014 @09:11AM (#7190428)
On any sensible IRCd this won't happen. Users sneaking in during netsplits will be booted as netriders when the split closes.
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