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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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