L On Saturday, February 22, 2014, Rocco Caputo <rcap...@pobox.com> wrote:
> The docs say it's a simple bouncer that lets you hide many bots and/or > clients behind a single IRC connection. Benefits? > > If you're developing bots that crash a lot, you can hide them behind a > stable proxy that doesn't annoy everyone with frequent reconnections. > > If you develop a lot of bots, you can put them all behind one IRC > connection. This may keep you from being banned by servers that have low > connection limits. > > If a channel lets you only have one bot, you can cheat. :) > > Other things, only limited by the intersection of the implemented features > and your imagination! > > -- > Rocco Caputo <rcap...@pobox.com <javascript:;>> > > On Feb 22, 2014, at 15:49, Celso Barriga <cbarr...@gmail.com<javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > Can somebody please tell me what this plugin actually do? I've read the > docs, and if I understand it correctly, by default, it opens up a random > port on localhost (if no bindaddress and binport are specified) where the > POCO IRC would then connect to. What's the advantage of doing this and what > does this give me? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Best regards, > > Celso > >
