We run a small IRC Network, and we noticed strange excessive secondlong Connections. We investigate and we found ChatScan. So we k-lined them...
This service ignores our Acceptable Use Policy (no bots), and they weren't long enough online so that we could try to contact them, or check the version reply or something.
As long as they won't support some kind of opt-in scheme, this is evil.
Cord
PS: The concept of scanning a channel for a minute every hour is also a bad idea which doesn't honor the concept of IRC Realtime Conservation. In most channels the topic of discussion can change every minute.
see http://www.linux-verband.de/Linux-R/linux-r.html (also German).
in short: on 17.9.97 the TM owner met with Linux International, LIVE Linux-Verband, the owner of linux.de, moderated by Martin Schulte of GUUG e.V. (German UNIX Users Group http://www.guug.de/)
They discussed the topic and at the end Mr. Humenberger gave the TM to Linus.
Mr. Humenberger said that he wanted to protect the Linux (TM) for the community.
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We run a small IRC Network, and we noticed strange excessive secondlong Connections. We investigate and we found ChatScan. So we k-lined them...
This service ignores our Acceptable Use Policy (no bots), and they weren't long enough online so that we could try to contact them, or check the version reply or something.
As long as they won't support some kind of opt-in scheme, this is evil.
Cord
PS: The concept of scanning a channel for a minute every hour is also a bad idea which doesn't honor the concept of IRC Realtime Conservation. In most channels the topic of discussion can change every minute.
see http://www.linux-verband.de/Linux-R/linux-r.html (also German).
in short: on 17.9.97 the TM owner met with Linux International, LIVE Linux-Verband, the owner of linux.de, moderated by Martin Schulte of GUUG e.V.
(German UNIX Users Group http://www.guug.de/)
They discussed the topic and at the end Mr. Humenberger gave the TM to Linus.
Mr. Humenberger said that he wanted to protect the Linux (TM) for the community.