IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments

Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by vidarh on Thursday February 06, 2014 @01:15PM (#7191914)

IRC has been so DDOS prone for 20 years or so that many hosting providers explicitly disallow IRC clients or servers. No need to jump to conclusions.

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by cordite on Thursday February 06, 2014 @02:09PM (#7192264)

I think you are confusing the use of IRC networks to systematically start a DDoS attack with a bunch of sleeping malware hanging inside an arbitrary channel.

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by dijit on Thursday February 06, 2014 @06:22PM (#7193628)

He's not, I run an IRC network, a decent sized one.

they're prime for DDoS attacks and many attacks are hard to avoid with scrubbing.

We get attacked for anything, for, enforcing a no malicious behaviour rule, for "harbouring an enemy" of a certain group.

these kids are fickle, and IRC networks are ripe for abuse.

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by cordite on Thursday February 06, 2014 @08:50PM (#7194336)

I mean, the reasoning why ISPs might block such services in use.

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by spydum on Thursday February 06, 2014 @09:22PM (#7194443)

ISPs generally block them because they attract DDoS attacks like flies on... Rice. Attacks have collateral damage to other customers, and consumes a lot of support resources.

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by milkshakes on Thursday February 06, 2014 @05:15PM (#7193295)

i don't

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Re:IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments by mjolk on Friday February 07, 2014 @05:53AM (#7195683)

You don't what? You can type full sentences, there's no word limit here.

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