[openstack-dev] [all] Ongoing spam in Freenode IRC channels

Andrey Kurilin andr.kurilin at gmail.com
Wed Aug 1 10:49:13 UTC 2018


Hey Ian and stackers!

ср, 1 авг. 2018 г. в 8:45, Ian Wienand <iwienand at redhat.com>:

> 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]
>
> Longer term ... suggestions welcome? :)
>
>
Move to Slack? We can provide auto-sending to emails invitations for
joining by clicking the button on some page at openstack.org. It will not
add more berrier for new contributors and, at the same time, this way will
give some base filtering by emails at least.


> -i
>
> [1] https://freenode.net/news/spambot-attack
> [2] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/freenode-plus-r-08-2018
>
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Best regards,
Andrey Kurilin.
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