#guile on irc

#guile on irc

[Matt Wette]

Hi All,

I arrived at my computer this morning to see I was banned from freenode. 
This was due to spam, which I did not do.  If there was spam coming from my 
nickname I know nothing of it.  I apologize if I let my computer get hacked in
some way, but I don’t believe that is the source.There was no record of spam 
on my client (emacs erc).

Matt

Re: #guile on irc

[Craig Maloney]

* Matt Wette (matt.wette@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I arrived at my computer this morning to see I was banned from freenode. 
> This was due to spam, which I did not do.  If there was spam coming from my 
> nickname I know nothing of it.  I apologize if I let my computer get hacked in
> some way, but I don’t believe that is the source.There was no record of spam 
> on my client (emacs erc).
> 

There was an issue on freenode related to spambots:

02:39:26 freenode -- kline (~kline@freenode/staff/enucs.kline): [global
notice] Hi there: freenode is experiencing a large quantity
of spam. If you receive links from users you don't recognise, please do
not open them. If you are affected, please set usermode +R 
to block messages from unidentified users.

02:40:10 freenode -- kline (~kline@freenode/staff/enucs.kline): [global
notice] Additionally, while working to minimise this spam,  
staff error led to the majority of the network receiving a temporary
K-Line (network ban). The ban has since been lifted and those  
affected should be able to reconnect. Please accept our apologies, and
contact us if you, or someone you know, still cannot connect.

06:22:48 freenode -- christel
(christel@freenode/staff/exherbo.christel): [Global Notice] In light of
the wave of spambots sending
links to child pornography images, we have chosen to update our default
umodes to include +R (blocking messages from unregistered  
users). To allow such messages, /mode yournick -R. Apologies for the
disruption and the inconvenience.


Hope this clarifies what happened.

--
  Craig Maloney  (craig@decafbad.net)  http://decafbad.net

Re: #guile on irc

[Matt Wette]

> On Aug 17, 2017, at 6:26 AM, Craig Maloney <craig@decafbad.net> wrote:
> 
> * Matt Wette (matt.wette@gmail.com) wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I arrived at my computer this morning to see I was banned from freenode. 
>> This was due to spam, which I did not do.  If there was spam coming from my 
>> nickname I know nothing of it.  I apologize if I let my computer get hacked in
>> some way, but I don’t believe that is the source.There was no record of spam 
>> on my client (emacs erc).
>> 
> 
> There was an issue on freenode related to spambots:
> 
> 02:39:26 freenode -- kline (~kline@freenode/staff/enucs.kline): [global
> notice] Hi there: freenode is experiencing a large quantity
> of spam. If you receive links from users you don't recognise, please do
> not open them. If you are affected, please set usermode +R 
> to block messages from unidentified users.
> 
> 02:40:10 freenode -- kline (~kline@freenode/staff/enucs.kline): [global
> notice] Additionally, while working to minimise this spam,  
> staff error led to the majority of the network receiving a temporary
> K-Line (network ban). The ban has since been lifted and those  
> affected should be able to reconnect. Please accept our apologies, and
> contact us if you, or someone you know, still cannot connect.
> 
> 06:22:48 freenode -- christel
> (christel@freenode/staff/exherbo.christel): [Global Notice] In light of
> the wave of spambots sending
> links to child pornography images, we have chosen to update our default
> umodes to include +R (blocking messages from unregistered  
> users). To allow such messages, /mode yournick -R. Apologies for the
> disruption and the inconvenience.
> 
> 
> Hope this clarifies what happened.
> 
> --
>  Craig Maloney  (craig@decafbad.net)  http://decafbad.net <http://decafbad.net/>

Thanks.  Operation seems back to normal now. — Matt