freenode (banned)

[dappygit]

Hello,

I've been trying to log on to #cncnet all day but it's saying i've been banned... here's a short pastey

 

[16:33] == End of /MOTD command.

[16:33] == Usermode change: +i

[16:33] -NickServ- This nickname is registered. Please choose a different nickname, or identify via /msg NickServ identify <password>.

[16:33] -syn- Your reported hostname [1] is banned: Due to abuse we currently accept tor connections via our tor-sasl service only. See freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml - questions can be directed to [email protected]

[16:33] == (Banned)

[16:33] == ERROR: Closing Link: gateway/web/freenode/session (Disconnected by services)

[16:33] == Disconnected from server: Connection to IRC server lost.

 

As you can see the ban is to the hostname but I've not abused freenode.net in any way. I'm with British Telecom ISP. Many thanks,

[pichorra]

There says your nickname has been registered, just try to select another one (like CnCDappygit)

[Nyerguds]

um, my nickname is also registered... it just means you have to log in with /ns identify, as it says. That doesn't seem to be related to the real issue here Pich.

[Tore]

That's strange. Have you tried to contact freenode about this?

[dappygit]

That's strange. Have you tried to contact freenode about this?

 

well good news it's been fixed and i've been granted access. they must've banned all btcentralplus users

[Nyerguds]

I use Opera at home, and the web interface at work (because the irc ports are blocked there)

[Iran]

The part that you need to look at is:

 

[16:33] -syn- Your reported hostname [1] is banned: Due to abuse we currently accept tor connections via our tor-sasl service only. See freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml - questions can be directed to [email protected]

 

A hostmask on Freenode's network (other, standard IRC servers use a different format) looks like:

 

host86-163-76-140.range86-163.btcentralplus.com/86

 

It's an identifier used by the IRC protocol, according to wikipedia:

 

A hostmask is a unique identifier of an IRC client connected to an IRC server.[42][43] IRC services and bots can use it to identify the client. The hostmask looks similar to, but should not be confused with, an e-mail address. It is a combination of the nickname, ident, and hostname.[44] If ident is not available, then the username is used after being prefixed with a tilde sign.[45] If the IP address cannot be resolved to a valid hostname, then the IP address is used instead.

 

So they probably banned all the btcentralplus.com hostmasks or a subnet of them accidently.

[pichorra]

AJAX chat should reborn? 

[Ferret]

AJAX chat should reborn? 

 

That's quite a genius idea.

 

Although, it's already been discussed unless we can convince hifi to switch over to AJAX chat.

[Tore]

AJAX Chat needed a lot of maintenance to work properly.

[Irony]

Also the AJAX chat can only be used on this site, IRC can be used on the site (or the webchat at freenode) in a separate IRC client on a PC or even from a smartphone. It's a much more convenient way to offer a public chat room

[Iran]

there are a bunch of ajax irc clients, never tested them though but most big networks use qwebirc (formerly known as qchat), e.g. http://rizon.net/index.php?do=chat

[Ferret]

Yea, I'm at my mom's house currently. And apparently I'm banned from Freenode at the moment... :/