Comment A nice idea - but I doubt it'll work (Score 3) 207
The people who are DoS'ing the servers aren't going to be deterred by the servers rejecting connections; if anything it will strengthen their resolve to continue to cause chaos amongst IRCnet as a whole.
Although I have little experience with IRCnet, I can relate with my times on EFnet and Undernet, where groups of kiddies are all to willing to fire up their TFN's and take out a hub or two, causing splits across the whole networks. These splits are just so annoying when you're on IRC, and I agree that anything that can be done to prevent the DoS should be done. While I reckon this stance is a good idea to draw attention to the cause, I can't see that it's going to help prevent the DoS in any way whatsoever.
IRC servers are such easy targets.... with such noticable effects in the form of splits - almost enough to make a script kiddie climax in fact. EFnet has started to employ ways to make it harder - hiding IP's from C: and N: lines, but anyone with a bit of knowledge or skill can find these out.
Maybe it's time to accept that IRC is a medium which will always be plagued by these lamers who get kicks from causing havoc. I doubt it will stop, there are just SO many, and the only way to prevent this sort of thing happening, IMHO, is to either employ high level firewalling techniques, or get to the root of who is causing the problems.
Not sure either is particularly feasible.
steve
Although I have little experience with IRCnet, I can relate with my times on EFnet and Undernet, where groups of kiddies are all to willing to fire up their TFN's and take out a hub or two, causing splits across the whole networks. These splits are just so annoying when you're on IRC, and I agree that anything that can be done to prevent the DoS should be done. While I reckon this stance is a good idea to draw attention to the cause, I can't see that it's going to help prevent the DoS in any way whatsoever.
IRC servers are such easy targets.... with such noticable effects in the form of splits - almost enough to make a script kiddie climax in fact. EFnet has started to employ ways to make it harder - hiding IP's from C: and N: lines, but anyone with a bit of knowledge or skill can find these out.
Maybe it's time to accept that IRC is a medium which will always be plagued by these lamers who get kicks from causing havoc. I doubt it will stop, there are just SO many, and the only way to prevent this sort of thing happening, IMHO, is to either employ high level firewalling techniques, or get to the root of who is causing the problems.
Not sure either is particularly feasible.
steve
