[Scummvm-devel] IRC Channel Key Enabled Due to Spambots
D G Turner
d.g.turner at ntlworld.com
Fri Aug 3 19:10:36 CEST 2018
Luc,
I am afraid that there is no update on Freenode's news page so it
is likely that this attack is still ongoing.
I am surprised that you are having issues as I haven't had any
problems myself getting on the channel and the bots and other
users seem fine. What IRC client are you using?
I would suggest checking here:
http://www.geekshed.net/2012/03/using-channel-keys/
Specifically, instead of:
/join #scummvm
You just need to do the same, but with the channel key added i.e.
/join #scummvm scummvm
Let me know if this resolves your problem or if you are still having
issues.
Thanks,
David Turner
On 03/08/18 16:59, Luc Schrijvers wrote:
> Is still needed? Can't connect to IRC channel atm due to the restrictions?
>
> 2018-08-01 17:16 GMT+02:00 D G Turner <d.g.turner at ntlworld.com>:
>
>> All,
>> Due to the current spambot attack on freenode, we have had to make
>> some changes to the IRC channel configuration:
>> https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
>>
>> This is now set as +s (secret) which prevents #scummvm being listed
>> in channel list, and +k (key) has been set which adds a channel key
>> (password) for joining. The key is currently set to "scummvm".
>>
>> This has been noted for users in the website and wiki, and am sending
>> this e-mail to ensure visibility.
>>
>> Most of the channel bots such as Github services' commit hooks,
>> Buildbot's IRC bot have been updated to deal with this and any
>> bots active in channel will be fine until they need to rejoin.
>>
>> These changes should hopefully prevent all the current spambots
>> and we can review removing the channel password if needed once
>> the current botnet attack has abated.
>> Thanks,
>> David Turner
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