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- From: Dweiss@chiba.hughes.american.edu (Dan Weiss )
- Subject: This is the point!! (was bots-how to get rid of them)
- Message-ID: <Dweiss-171192024120@chiba.hughes.american.edu>
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- Organization: Chiba City
- References: <1992Nov7.003329.6162@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> <9231219.13418@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> <1992Nov17.065607.11809@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 11:41:33 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1992Nov17.065607.11809@netcom.com>, pdh@netcom.com (Phil Howard
- ) wrote:
-
- > #sanctuary JeffBot14 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
- > #sanctuary JeffBot13 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
- > #sanctuary JeffBot20 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
- > #sanctuary JeffBot17 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
- > #sanctuary JeffBot15 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
- > #sanctuary JeffBot12 H jdportwi@maxwell3.ee.mtu.edu (2 !id Bot)
-
- [The rest of the 20 bots deleted]
-
- I don't know if the people advocating more bots are just ignorant of what
- is going on, or if they are just praying for the downfall of the irc
- network.
-
- Channels like #sanctuary are becomming more and more frequent. As more
- users aquire these forking attack bots (I suspect that is what the Jeffbots
- are), we will see the next phase in the irc.bot.arms.race.
-
- I have no idea what would happen to the irc if every user decided to login
- 21 times simultaniously. I have asked several times for info on the burden
- of bots, but no one seems to know or care.
-
- IRCops who hang on #tw and don't see other channels: join #hottub one
- night. You will see battling bots fly into +b loops, banning each other in
- every way imaginable (+bbb lamer@lamer l*a*m*e*r@lamer...etc.). You will
- see some users use 20-30 bots, all /msging at once, to flood other bots off
- the irc.
-
- I know, I know, you don't care what the hell happens on #hottub. No one
- owns a channel...leave if you dont like it...all that ircop faq stuff.
- Well, I am going to ask one more time:
-
- When the bots wars between opposing sides of 20 or more bots begin,
- employing multiple +bs, how long will this network survive?
- -------------------------
- Dan Weiss
- Washington DC
- Dweiss@chiba.hughes.american.edu
- Dweiss@auvm.american.edu
- Flammable@IRC
-