IRC/RELAY -0- the saga goes on [was Re: DDoS attacks]

Issues surrounding IRC go back to the days when we invented it (anyone here remember the RELAY network on BITNET?). For some good reading, check out: http://web.inter.nl.net/users/fred/relay/relhis.html And read the section labeled "The Growing Pains" where we ran into problems when we had 30 (thirty) people connected. AlanC {been there, done that, have the NETCON tee-shirt}