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DALnet For Chatting, Not File Sharing

Posted by timothy on from the official-word dept.

PFAK writes "DALnet IRC Network, formerly the world's largest IRC Network has announced that the IRC network has implemented a new "policy" that will phrohibit "Using a channel for the primary purpose of facilitating the transfer of files", as of March 1st, 2003. This will be another staggering blow for the formerly largest IRC network in the world, this comes after one of the many suprises on DALnet, such as the recent DDoS attacks against the network."

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  1. Re:well no kidding.. by kaosrain · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't know how you got +1 Insightful: they got DDoS'd before they restricted file trading. The log as to what happened right before the DDoS started is here.

  2. Re:Freenet Anyway by pediddle · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not so simple, since the article says several times that they are not trying to restrict casual or occasional file transfers. (Did you read it?)

    The way it will be enforced is to manually shut down any groups whose sole purpose is deemed to be file transfering. You're right that it could be tough to squash all the hundreds of new groups that will innevitably be created to temporarily bypass a closure, but attracting a supply of users to the new channels could be even harder. Dalnet sharers will have to find some totally new way to go about business that is not reliant on lurking around preset channels, or they'll have to go elsewhere.