> /me notices email domain & assumes you're an/the op/admin? Which ircd > does *.rhizomatic.net/clueball.com run?
I run grou.ch/grouch.rhizomatic.net. irc.clueball.com is simply a wrapper script. grou.ch runs hybrid, as do the other rhizomatic servers, and most of Efnet. > Do you get much aggravation and > annoying kiddies beating on the servers? I've often wanted to run an > ircd on a private or minimally connected network for > friends/family/communities but have been paranoid about the implications > about misconfiguration and being the target of attacks. Is this paranoia > misplaced, maybe it's just for people on the bigger networks? I would say it is. Misconfiguration risks appear to be minimal, and the chances of someone DoS'ing a small private network are small - consider: <1337> I just DoS'd an IRC Server!! <k3wl> Wow! That's cool. One of the big ones, right? <1337> Well, no. Some small network that no-one's heard of <k3wl> oh. u |\/|u5T B l4m3 indeed! There's simply no kudos in beating on a small private IRC network, whereas some might argue you have to b 1337 1Nd33d to bring down Efnet (or not). I would say go for it. Grouch has ~ 70 clients connected to it at one time, and eats almost no bandwidth or CPU. No attacks so far, despite rhizomatic being more widely mentioned than a lot of people would like. +Pete
