the oldest IRC server in continued operation on the Internet is going to be turned off for good...
... specifically the extra bandwidth required for the various DoS [snip] attacks [snip]. They chose not to accept the liability and decided to retire the server.
One could ask the question: how reliable is Linux if it needs this amount of maintenance? If you'd put the same effort in maintening (for example) a Win2000 Server, it might turn out to be as reliable and stable as Linux.
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"THE OLDEST IRC SERVER". Didn't you read???? ...people didnt's spell like "l33t d00dz" in these days...
Damn, what a waste!
R.
the oldest IRC server in continued operation on the Internet is going to be turned off for good...
... specifically the extra bandwidth required for the various DoS [snip] attacks [snip]. They chose not to accept the liability and decided to retire the server.
One could ask the question: how reliable is Linux if it needs this amount of maintenance? If you'd put the same effort in maintening (for example) a Win2000 Server, it might turn out to be as reliable and stable as Linux.
Just my $0.05,
N.