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'AbleNET' is an IRC network. It was founded, May 2001, by AfterNET Co-Founder and long-time Admin Anthony Sanchez and several others from that network. The network was set up primarily as a chat network for friends, and as a response to growing disillusionment with the policies of some of the AfterNET administrators. Several users from AbleNET were involved in the creation of AfterNET; some even tracing their usage back to TheNET and InnerNET.
AbleNET is a small network with an average of 150-300 users online at any given time. The Undernet-compatible IRCu daemon software is used on the servers. Channel services are provided using srvx; the user authentication service is named AuthServ and the channel service is named X.
AbleNET is noted for its distinct lack of IRCOps, instead using various services to control the flow of network stability and activity. Additionally, the Network is noted for its high standards of access, regarding the limit of multiple connections and unverifiable "bots".
The network can be reached using irc.ablenet.org.
★ May 2001, AbleNET is born and has served as a meeting place for chatters ever since.
★ May 2003, with the looming threat of the Fizzer Worm AbleNET joins with a vast collection of IRC networks and news communities to form IRC-Unity[1][2][3] [4][5][6] [7] and the Fizzer Task Force [8][9][10][11].
★ December 2005, AbleNET becomes the first IRC Network to offer "blogging" to their community.
Anthony Sanchez has been using and administering IRC Networks since 1995, starting as an IRCop with InnerNET subsequently NewNET during it's founding year. Later he went on to Admin servers for TheNET, AfterNET and finally AbleNET.
Anthony was, coincidentally, the first to publish the story of the raid on and subsequent shutdown of the popular Lineage II private server, L2Extreme, on the AbleNET website.[12]
In June and July of 2007, AbleNET was systematically blocked by approximately 3 major ISPs, becoming the first network affected on a full scale to be reported. The offending ISPs included, at a minimum, were Cox Communications, Time Warner/AOL and Verizon. The methods used included port redirection and/or invisible proxy redirecting traffic to their own instances of IRCd, DNS hijacking and DNS null routing.[13]. The rejections were purportedly part of an overall plan to discourage the botnet infestations that have been originating from their client base. The incident continued for approximately three weeks before a letter writing campaign, most notably the July 19th, 2007 letter to Full Disclosure[14], by the community and administration led to the removal; at which time the block had migrated to EFnet on or about July 23, 2007.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
The resulting backlash resulted in numerous customer phone complaints as well as arguments regarding Net Neutrality and fair practice.
★ AbleNET IRC Website
★ AbleNET IRC Wiki
★ SRVX Help Files & Command List
★ Google Directory
★ Search Irc
★ NetSplit.de
★ SRVX IRC Services
★ IRC-Unity
1. http://www.irc-unity.org/
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1007743.html
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1002-1001601.html?tag=nl
4. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/20/fizzer_worm_more_interesting_than/
5. http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2208241
6. http://www.debugoutput.com/fizzer/
7. http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?i=297405
8. http://www.cyberarmy.net/library/article?id=1500
9. http://slashdot.org/it/03/05/14/1250227.shtml
10. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2122307/fizzer-task-force-rescue
11. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/36864
12. http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/l2extreme_fbi_shutdown
13. http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/time_warner_aol_roadrunner_and_verizon_kill_irc
14. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/fulldisc/full-disclosure/55016
15. http://whitestar.linuxbox.org/botnets/2007-July/000922.html
16. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005697o-2000458450b,00.htm
17. http://lonelycowboy.net/news.php?readmore=24
18. http://lovingthe.com/2007/07/25/irc-admins-claim-timewarner-hijacks-dns-to-clean-botnets/
19. http://medigeek.blogspot.com/2007/07/irc-timewarner-aol-roadrunner-and.html
20. http://www.irc-junkie.org/viewtopic.php?t=575
21. http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg01610.html
22. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/23/2140208
23. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/isp-seen-breaki.html
24. http://www.exstatica.net/hijacked/
AbleNET is a small network with an average of 150-300 users online at any given time. The Undernet-compatible IRCu daemon software is used on the servers. Channel services are provided using srvx; the user authentication service is named AuthServ and the channel service is named X.
AbleNET is noted for its distinct lack of IRCOps, instead using various services to control the flow of network stability and activity. Additionally, the Network is noted for its high standards of access, regarding the limit of multiple connections and unverifiable "bots".
The network can be reached using irc.ablenet.org.
| Contents |
| Historical Timeline |
| Founder |
| IRC vs. ISP - Net Neutrality Conflict |
| External links |
| References |
Historical Timeline
★ May 2001, AbleNET is born and has served as a meeting place for chatters ever since.
★ May 2003, with the looming threat of the Fizzer Worm AbleNET joins with a vast collection of IRC networks and news communities to form IRC-Unity[1][2][3] [4][5][6] [7] and the Fizzer Task Force [8][9][10][11].
★ December 2005, AbleNET becomes the first IRC Network to offer "blogging" to their community.
Founder
Anthony Sanchez has been using and administering IRC Networks since 1995, starting as an IRCop with InnerNET subsequently NewNET during it's founding year. Later he went on to Admin servers for TheNET, AfterNET and finally AbleNET.
Anthony was, coincidentally, the first to publish the story of the raid on and subsequent shutdown of the popular Lineage II private server, L2Extreme, on the AbleNET website.[12]
IRC vs. ISP - Net Neutrality Conflict
In June and July of 2007, AbleNET was systematically blocked by approximately 3 major ISPs, becoming the first network affected on a full scale to be reported. The offending ISPs included, at a minimum, were Cox Communications, Time Warner/AOL and Verizon. The methods used included port redirection and/or invisible proxy redirecting traffic to their own instances of IRCd, DNS hijacking and DNS null routing.[13]. The rejections were purportedly part of an overall plan to discourage the botnet infestations that have been originating from their client base. The incident continued for approximately three weeks before a letter writing campaign, most notably the July 19th, 2007 letter to Full Disclosure[14], by the community and administration led to the removal; at which time the block had migrated to EFnet on or about July 23, 2007.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
The resulting backlash resulted in numerous customer phone complaints as well as arguments regarding Net Neutrality and fair practice.
External links
★ AbleNET IRC Website
★ AbleNET IRC Wiki
★ SRVX Help Files & Command List
★ Google Directory
★ Search Irc
★ NetSplit.de
★ SRVX IRC Services
★ IRC-Unity
References
1. http://www.irc-unity.org/
2. http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-1007743.html
3. http://news.com.com/2100-1002-1001601.html?tag=nl
4. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/20/fizzer_worm_more_interesting_than/
5. http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article.php/2208241
6. http://www.debugoutput.com/fizzer/
7. http://punto-informatico.it/p.aspx?i=297405
8. http://www.cyberarmy.net/library/article?id=1500
9. http://slashdot.org/it/03/05/14/1250227.shtml
10. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2122307/fizzer-task-force-rescue
11. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/36864
12. http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/l2extreme_fbi_shutdown
13. http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/time_warner_aol_roadrunner_and_verizon_kill_irc
14. http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/fulldisc/full-disclosure/55016
15. http://whitestar.linuxbox.org/botnets/2007-July/000922.html
16. http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005697o-2000458450b,00.htm
17. http://lonelycowboy.net/news.php?readmore=24
18. http://lovingthe.com/2007/07/25/irc-admins-claim-timewarner-hijacks-dns-to-clean-botnets/
19. http://medigeek.blogspot.com/2007/07/irc-timewarner-aol-roadrunner-and.html
20. http://www.irc-junkie.org/viewtopic.php?t=575
21. http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/msg01610.html
22. http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/23/2140208
23. http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/isp-seen-breaki.html
24. http://www.exstatica.net/hijacked/
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