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EFNet Reaches 100,000 Concurrent Connections

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-lotta-people-looking-for-pr0n dept.

Mortin writes "The largest IRC network in the world, EFNet, has set another world-record max user count after breaking an astonishing 100,000 concurrent users earlier tonight!"

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  1. Re:DALNet anyone? by AntiNorm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But DALnet, as with any other network that reaches this size -- including EFnet -- has more than its fair share of problems. The lag and netsplits get intolerable at this level. Also, networks of this size can be difficult to connect to due to script kiddies, server overload, etc (or in the case of EFnet, yellowbellied admins who refuse to open up their I: lines). I personally know of large channels that have recently moved off of both networks because of these problems. Not that it's necessarily a bad thing that it has hit this size, but no network can handle infinite users. A userload like this brings out a network's weaknesses in full force.

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  2. Re:dang by Jelque · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And you thought Efnet was dead or dying.

  3. Re:DALNet anyone? by Dalroth · · Score: 4, Insightful
    By the way, most of the attacks seem to be coming from universities like Harvard, Emory, etc... You'd think they would have something better to do with their time.

    Well, it's not like the college students at Harvard or Emory are doing the DDoS, it's the people (aka some pimply faced low-lifes still living in their parents basements without a job) who hacked into the Harvard/Emory machines that are the cause of the problem. It's also the fault of the Harvard/Emory admins for not noticing and not doing something to stop said attacks.

  4. given the number of trolls, bots, and so on... by kipple · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...probably there are no more than a couple hundred users using IRC at the same time around the world. All the others are bots, fake, trolls, IA trying to understand the human beings, and so on...

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  5. Re:Utter Rubbish by pongo000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This article, along with crap such as this and this, simply proves /. editors are out-of-touch with what is really going on in geekdom and what can truly pass as "news for nerds". It's almost as if /. has outlived itself, or maybe it's time for some fresh blood who have a clue.

    I'm sure the /. groupies will mod this down in record time, but to you I say: Get a life, stop being a follower, and use the energy you would otherwise use to get into a snit and start pressuring the /. editors to bring us meaningful, timely content.