On 09 Oct 2023, Digital Man said the following...

Is identd really used any more? I implemented it long ago in Synchronet, but I didn't think it was really used/relied-upon much any more as it's not really for secure/authoritative (easy to spoof). It's one of those features that I figured would be removed from Synchronet some day.

well, in a bbs user use case, i'd imagine since i don't currently run an ircd, i'd point an irc door at yours.. and would want the user's nick to show up via identd so you don't just ban my whole bbs when one user is a dip.

was just a thought if they both happened to have it (some servers on DALnet or others require it still), and it was predictably flawed. but yes, generally identd isn't relevant anymore.

could have a connection password.. i think the ircnet japanese server connection password has been the same for 20 years ;) not sure how the bots find your servers, but if it's only via port scanning they might never find it on the wiki..

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Re: Re: Important IRC updates.
By: fusion to nelgin on Mon Oct 09 2023 17:31:00

perhaps at this point you have nickserv or some service tell them to register a nick to prove they're not a bot or solve a simple 'captcha' type thing or something..

They are actually trying to register with fake email addresses. I've had to expend the amount of time a user must be online before they can register the nick to avoid tons of bounces.

just brainstorming but i bet they provide enough info themselves to give you confidence to blacklist them.

I think what we have in place now is working just fine.
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