[ale] IRC and directory structure questions

[Ben Coleman]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 18:35:40 -0500 (EST), synco gibraldter wrote:



>for me, efnet is the best-- it's the internet's playground.  they don't

>have all the bs like channel 'ownership' and nick monopolies.  efnet has

>any type of channel you could want... if you're looking for a big network,

>efnet is the best.  www.efnet.org.



On the other hand, on efnet you *do* have script kiddies taking over channels, DOS attacks on IRC servers (often, oddly enough, for the purpose of taking over channels), DOS attacks on individual users (for the purpose of stealing nicks,or just to be nasty), and IRC servers limiting who they will serve, or just plain dropping out of the network, because of the shenanigans having an IRC server exposes them to.  There are reasons some of the other networks implemented things like channel ownership and nick monopolies.



Don't get me wrong, I use efnet.  But it's not for everybody.



Ben







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