[IRCServices] Major fizzer worm problem

Fireman fireman at nitrousnet.net
Wed May 14 07:32:34 PDT 2003


We are also one of the targets and we had been glining them.  But what we
noticed was that the roughly 7000 glines we had set were causing the cpu
processes to run up higher than normal and was actually causing a bigger
problem.  What we decided to do was to just stop banning them and see how
things go.  So far we have noticed less cpu usage and less bandwidth usage.
It's basically a "lesser of two evils" approach.

Fireman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance Thornsley" <terry at xevion.net>
To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:03 AM
Subject: [IRCServices] Major fizzer worm problem


> Our IRC net is one of those targeted by the
> fizzer worm and we are getting huge amounts of
> connects.  Is anyone aware of any
> module/fix/patch for services that we may be able
> to use to ban these connects?  We're currently
> using the most recent ver. of ircservices as well
> as Unreal IRCd.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
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