Re: IRC Channel Key Enabled Due to Spambots

Is still needed? Can't connect to IRC channel atm due to the restrictions?

2018-08-01 17:16 GMT+02:00 D G Turner <[email protected]>:

> All,
>   Due to the current spambot attack on freenode, we have had to make
>   some changes to the IRC channel configuration:
>   https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
>
>   This is now set as +s (secret) which prevents #scummvm being listed
>   in channel list, and +k (key) has been set which adds a channel key
>   (password) for joining. The key is currently set to "scummvm".
>
>   This has been noted for users in the website and wiki, and am sending
>   this e-mail to ensure visibility.
>
>   Most of the channel bots such as Github services' commit hooks,
>   Buildbot's IRC bot have been updated to deal with this and any
>   bots active in channel will be fine until they need to rejoin.
>
>   These changes should hopefully prevent all the current spambots
>   and we can review removing the channel password if needed once
>   the current botnet attack has abated.
> Thanks,
> David Turner
>
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