[IRCServices] Another Feature Suggestion

[Ross Hosman]

thats why FloodServ will monitor only channels ircops specify.....channels
with frequent flood problems.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Garrett" <rg at tcslon.com>
To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: RE: [IRCServices] Another Feature Suggestion


> > FloodServ - not only do floodbots flood but so do regular
> > users. I believe
> > this will help keep people from abusing channels when a
> > channel operator is
> > not there.
>
> OK I see where you're coming from now, but this is requiring Services
> to process every single line from every single channel, a not
> insignificant load, and probably unreasonable for nets greater than
> about 500 to 1000 users. Most (I'm tempted to say all ;) decent ircds
> have flood protection built in. It's much more efficient to check it
> at the ircd end than at the services end. It's also fallible - if
> services is split, you've lost all protection.
>
> > RoutingServ - mosty ircd's will autoconnect disconnected
> > servers but some
> > won't. I also like the idea of services being able to
> > re-rout servers if the
> > connection to a hub becomes laggy.
>
> Also an advantage for smaller nets where you don't have a global oper
> on hand all the time I suppose. I'm slowly warming to the idea :).
>
> Russ Garrett
> russ at garrett.co.uk
> www.faereal.net
>
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