[db-wg] Proxy abuse

> db-wg-request at ripe.net wrote:

> From: "CMC" <icaliber at voicenet.com>

> People using proxies on IRC is getting out of hand.  On the Undernet as
> example,  proxy users can abuse a chat channel; be properly banned  and
> then return with their real hostmasks...
> 
> I realize that the above statement is very general, however if any people
> who are channel operators on any IRC  chat network have been experiencing
> problems with proxies, is there any solutions that the membership can
> offer?

Channel modes +ikm +s. Bans; if you run out of space, use dynamic,
bot-controlled ban lists.

On the server level, proxy checks on connect, and K: lines for the worst
offenders.

(This isn't at all on topic for db-wg, so follow-ups should go elsewhere.
Apologies to everyone.)

Thor

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