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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. KaZaA by Cryogenes · · Score: 4, Interesting

    has just broken the 3.000.000 concurrent users level
    (that's twice what Napster had at its peak).

    1. Re:KaZaA by enneff · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Actually, the nature of the semi-independant p2p system (consisting of nodes and supernodes) prevents any one user from searching every user on the system. Not only that, but the more leeches you're surrounded by, the less chance you'll have of finding anything interesting.

      Why a network like this should be used for anything other than porn is beyond me - any other media is pretty dubious as far as encode quality goes, and there's nothing rare enough that's accessible to warrant the sacrifice.

  2. Re:DALNet anyone? by suss · · Score: 5, Interesting

    DALNet has just had a bad period of DDoS attacks, a couple of servers still haven't rejoined.
    The attacks resolved themselves within about a week, when the IP for irc.dal.net was changed to 127.0.0.1, which turned the attacks on the kiddies themselves (quite hilarious).

    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.

  3. Re:Top irc networks by Yarn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As a fellow QuakeNet oper, I agree and also moo.

    Let me proof-read your post next time tho' BF :)

    --
    -Yarn - Rio Karma: Excellent