Re: [Coder-Com] some recent change

2001-08-14 Thread Perry Lorier
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 06:23:00PM +1200, Michael Bordignon wrote: > this post was bought to you by the words CFV-165 and pl14 ( evil > pl14!@#) > > Imprimerie, it was an "initiative" (notice the quotes) to attempt to stop > the DoS of Undernet leafs/hubs. (they haven't realised the ip's are stil

Re: [Coder-Com] some recent change

2001-08-14 Thread Michael Bordignon
this post was bought to you by the words CFV-165 and pl14 ( evil pl14!@#) Imprimerie, it was an "initiative" (notice the quotes) to attempt to stop the DoS of Undernet leafs/hubs. (they haven't realised the ip's are still visible though). > Hi, I would like to know why you remove some commands

Re: [Coder-Com] Probably a dumb question...

2001-08-14 Thread Perry Lorier
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 12:50:28PM +1200, Mark Foster wrote: > But is there any way to get the servers to compare eachothers topics and > refresh them if one is missing on net.burst? > > You must have noticed that the topics quite often are seen on one server > and not another after netsplits..

[Coder-Com] some recent change

2001-08-14 Thread Imprimerie Siel
Hi, I would like to know why you remove some commands like links and time the server and hide the server in whois? These commands are very useful expecialy when the server lag or split , and some of these commands save some bandwich to your server. Like when I want to know who lag on a chan my scr

RE: [Coder-Com] Probably a dumb question...

2001-08-14 Thread net
Yes, Brian is right, it was ruled out in the early years of protocol 10 due to high uses of bandwidth. Altho, if you are really interested in this, it would be pretty easy to modify the ircu to your own liking and placing a final argument on the end of the burst line between servers. Regards, -

RE: [Coder-Com] Probably a dumb question...

2001-08-14 Thread Mark Foster
Thats a point.. they could checksum the topic and force a comparison or something.. I dunno i aint a coder and i aint that versant with the processor/bandwidth required to do as Im suggesting... But I do see your point, it could be a significant hit. I guess topics arent high prority. :) -- B

RE: [Coder-Com] Probably a dumb question...

2001-08-14 Thread Brian Steil
from what i recall hearing the main reason that's not in the code is the bandwidth factor, think of how much it takes just for the net.burst of all the nicks, and channels they're in and what notjust think how much more it would take to put the topic for every channel in that too. correct me

[Coder-Com] Probably a dumb question...

2001-08-14 Thread Mark Foster
But is there any way to get the servers to compare eachothers topics and refresh them if one is missing on net.burst? You must have noticed that the topics quite often are seen on one server and not another after netsplits.. ?