154667 - moznet should be less aol-dsl hostile

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Bernd]

I don't get why I am banned from #mozilla probably some very brilliant decided
to block ipt.aol.com.  
this is how moznet greeted me:

Banned: clones_glorious_close (2002/06/26 23.34)[ERROR]Closing Link:
bernd[bernd@255.255.255.255] (Banned)[ERROR]Connection to irc.mozilla.org
(irc.mozilla.org:6667) closed.[ERROR]Connection attempts exhausted, giving up.

this is how slashnet greeted me:

Welcome to Internet Relay Chat bernd!~[e-mail]
===Your host is pinky.slashnet.org, running version cyclone0.3.1.1
===This server was created Fri Dec 7 2001 at 11:35:01 PST

I take this personal! Not a _single_ line of source code from me until  I can
login into /moznet

Comment 1

[Bernd]

looking at the message somehow closer I recognized that somebody changed on
2002-06-26 the rules at moznet. The authenfication rules do not work for my aol
adsl account they worked for a year, but with this change I am unhappy. And for
other networks theses authenfication rules work.

My previous understanding is that highly available after a checkin means #mozilla.

 I usually work from home, so I would not have any other chance to get reliable
some help when things go wrong. That's why I am blocked and  as I don't plan to
put the three at risk -> no new checkins.

Comment 2

[Bernd]

endico lifted the ban against aol dialup, thanks. Banning so wide seems like a
little bit brutal to me, or is that what they call colateral damages??