On 7/18/07, . . <msucka0xff at programmer.net> wrote: > See http://wiki.blitzed.org/BOPM > > According to modemhero, as I understand it, his server was being flooded > with proxy server/tor style bogus connects causing legit users to be blocked > from connecting. One possible solution is integrating something IRC servers > have used to eradicate these types of attacks. > > How does it work? > > When a client connects to the IRC server, BOPM scans the client for open > proxies. It then determines whether they are really open by using them to > connect back to the server. Yes I noticed freenode.net does this for their IRC servers. Zach