Re: IRC Channel Key Enabled Due to Spambots

Luc,
  I am afraid that there is no update on Freenode's news page so it
  is likely that this attack is still ongoing.

  I am surprised that you are having issues as I haven't had any
  problems myself getting on the channel and the bots and other
  users seem fine. What IRC client are you using?

  I would suggest checking here:
  http://www.geekshed.net/2012/03/using-channel-keys/

  Specifically, instead of:
  /join #scummvm
  You just need to do the same, but with the channel key added i.e.
  /join #scummvm scummvm

  Let me know if this resolves your problem or if you are still having
  issues.
Thanks,
David Turner

On 03/08/18 16:59, Luc Schrijvers wrote:
> 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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