EFnet

Eris Free Network
Founded1990; 35 years ago (1990)
Geographic locationUnited States, Europe, Canada
Based inWorldwide
Website URLhttp://www.efnet.org/
Primary DNSirc://irc.efnet.org/
Average users10224 (30 September 2023)
Average channels6437 (30 September 2023)
Average servers60
Content/subjectPublic / unrestricted

EFnet or Eris-Free network is a major Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network, with more than 35,000 users.[1] It is the modern-day descendant of the original IRC network.

History

Initially, most IRC servers formed a single IRC network, to which new servers could join without restriction, but this was soon abused by people who set up servers to sabotage other users, channels, or servers. Restriction grew and, in August 1990, eris.Berkeley.EDU was the last server indiscriminately allowing other servers to join it,[2] Eris being the Greek goddess of strife and discord.

A group of operators, with the support of Jarkko Oikarinen, introduced a new "Q-line" into their server configurations, to "quarantine" themselves away from eris by disconnecting from any subset of the IRC network as soon as they saw eris there.[3][4]

For a few days, the entire IRC network suffered frequent netsplits, but eventually the majority of servers added the Q-line and effectively created a new separate IRC net called EFnet (Eris-Free Network); the remaining servers which stayed connected to eris (and thus were no longer able to connect to EFnet servers) were called A-net (Anarchy Network). A-net soon vanished, leaving EFnet as the only IRC network.

Continuing problems with performance and abuse eventually led to the rise of another major IRC network, Undernet, which split off in October 1992.

In July 1996, disagreement on policy caused EFnet to break in two: the slightly larger European half (including Australia and Japan) formed IRCnet, while the American servers continued as EFnet. This was known as The Great Split.[5]

In July 2001, after a string of DDoS attacks[6] a service called CHANFIX[7] (originally JUPES) was created, which is designed to give back ops to channels which have lost ops or been taken over.

In 2007, various EFnet servers began implementing SSL.[8]

February 2009 saw the introduction of a new CHANFIX module called OPME, a mechanism for EFnet Admins to use to restore ops in an opless channel.[9] It was proposed by Douglas Boldt to provide a much cleaner alternative to masskill, which was unnecessarily invasive and disruptive to the network.

Later in 2009, some major IRC servers were delinked: irc.vel.net, irc.dks.ca, irc.pte.hu, EFnet's only UK server efnet.demon.co.uk, and EFnet's only UK hub hub.uk, which were sponsored by Demon Internet.

In September 2010, the two western regions of the network (United States and Canada) merged into the North American region. While the North American and European regions are technically independent of each other, today many issues within EFnet are handled at a global level.[10]

On April 1, 2018, as an April Fools' joke, the 1990s IRC server eris.Berkeley.EDU server was resurrected. Some EFnet admins worked with the Open Computing Facility student group at UC Berkeley for months to resurrect the server for April Fools. Only a few EFnet staff were aware of the efforts and the server was linked in via a defunct H:line for the (normally) leaf (client-only) server irc.efnet.nl, bypassing the normal linking procedure. As of 12:30 UTC on April 01 2018, eris.Berkeley.EDU was once again a valid IRC server on the "Eris Free" IRC network and accepted clients.[11] At the same time, efnet.org begin redirecting to erisnet.org.[12] eris.Berkeley.EDU delinked on April 02 2018 at 19:50 UTC.

Characteristics

Efnet's server structure as of October 2009 (green = Europe, blue = USA, Red = Canada)

EFnet has large variations in rules and policy between different servers as well as the two major regions (EU and NA). Both have their own policy structure, and each region votes on its own server applications. However, central policies are voted upon by the server admin community which is archived for referencing.[13]

Due to EFnet's nature, it has gained recognition over the years for warez,[14] hackers,[15] and DoS attacks.[16]

EFnet has always been known for its lack of IRC services that other IRC networks support (such as NickServ and ChanServ, although it had a NickServ until April 8, 1994[17]). Instead, the CHANFIX service was introduced to fix "opless" channels.

All servers on EFnet run ircd-ratbox.

EFnet's channel operators are generally free to run their channels however they see fit without the intervention of IRC operators. IRC ops are primarily there to handle network and server related issues, and rarely get involved with channel-level issues.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Search IRC, displaying network information for EFnet". Searchirc.com. Retrieved 2011-09-04.
  2. ^ Jones, Steve, ed. (2002-12-10). "Internet Relay Chat". Encyclopedia of New Media: An Essential Reference to Communication and Technology (1st ed.). Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. p. 256. ISBN 0-7619-2382-9. But in August 1990 IRC users began complaining about one specific server, eris.Berkeley.EDU, which had particularly lax security
  3. ^ "#Beginner – Undernet History". Ircbeginner.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  4. ^ "History". My.pages.de. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  5. ^ "The Great Split". Irc.org. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  6. ^ "Attack on EFnet". OnlineKosten.de. December 7, 2001.[dubiousdiscuss]
  7. ^ "CHANFIX: EFnet op-less channel fixing". Irchelp.org. 2006-10-01. Archived from the original on 2003-10-09. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  8. ^ "EFnet IRC Network Forum • View topic – SSL test". Forum.efnet.org. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  9. ^ Boldt, Douglas; Milford, Alan (August 18, 2006). "CFV380 OPME". RFNet.org.
  10. ^ Hardy (September 6, 2010). "US and CA region merges into NA". EFnet.org.[dubiousdiscuss]
  11. ^ "eris.Berkeley.EDU on EFnet stats".
  12. ^ ""ErisNet Press Release"" (PDF).
  13. ^ "EFnet Voting". Voting.efnet.org. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  14. ^ Patrizio, Andy (2000-03-27). "Forget Napster; IRC's the Place". Wired.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  15. ^ "Experts: Chat rooms a haven for hackers". CNN. April 10, 2002. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
  16. ^ Middleton, James (July 13, 2001). "EFNet eff'd off with DoS attack – V3.co.uk – formerly". Vnunet.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
  17. ^ Bechar-Israeli, Haya (November 1995). "From <Bonehead> to <cLoNehEAd>: Nicknames, Play, and Identity on Internet Relay Chat". Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 1 (2). (full text)
  18. ^ "IRC Operators Guide". Irchelp.org. Archived from the original on 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2010-05-28.

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