Open Stack

On 08/01/2018 12:45 AM, Ian Wienand wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It seems freenode is currently receiving a lot of unsolicited traffic
> across all channels.  The freenode team are aware [1] and doing their
> best.
> 
> There are not really a lot of options.  We can set "+r" on channels
> which means only nickserv registered users can join channels.  We have
> traditionally avoided this, because it is yet one more barrier to
> communication when many are already unfamiliar with IRC access.
> However, having channels filled with irrelevant messages is also not
> very accessible.
> 
> This is temporarily enabled in #openstack-infra for the time being, so
> we can co-ordinate without interruption.
> 
> Thankfully AFAIK we have not needed an abuse policy on this before;
> but I guess we are the point we need some sort of coordinated
> response.
> 
> I'd suggest to start, people with an interest in a channel can request
> +r from an IRC admin in #openstack-infra and we track it at [2]

To mitigate the pain caused by +r - we have created a channel called 
#openstack-unregistered and have configured the channels with the +r 
flag to forward people to it. We have also set an entrymsg on 
#openstack-unregistered to:

"Due to a prolonged SPAM attack on freenode, we had to configure 
OpenStack channels to require users to be registered. If you are here, 
you tried to join a channel without being logged in. Please see 
https://freenode.net/kb/answer/registration for instructions on 
registration with NickServ, and make sure you are logged in."

So anyone attempting to join a channel with +r should get that message.