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On 2018-08-01 09:24 AM, Monty Taylor wrote:
> 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.

I can confirm this worked for me as advertised with my nick unregistered.

Thank you,
Anita

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