On 15 Dec 2013, at 1:39 am, Jack Moffitt <[email protected]> wrote: > Some botnet is picking on #rust. Until the situation is resolved[1] or > the botnet gives up, we've been turning on moderation in the #rust IRC > room. > > This means that you won't be able to join #rust or talk in the channel > unless you have registered with NickServ[2]. > > Right now the attack seems focused on #rust, but if the others > channels start getting attacked as well we will have to turn on > moderation there too. > > It would be useful if someone who has some free time could update the > IRC page on the wiki to suggest people register their nicks and point > them to the instructions below. You might also mention that moderation > is employed from time to time to prevent spam bot attacks and that > will prevent unregistered participants from joining and/or talking. > > We apologize for the inconvenience, and we'll hopefully be able to go > back to our previous, unmoderated setup soon. > > jack. > > [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950187 > [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC#Register_your_nickname > _______________________________________________ > Rust-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
I was just hit by a bot spamming /querys on me using random nicks. Can’t connect to #rust. :( ~Brendan _______________________________________________ Rust-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/rust-dev
