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AfterNET is a medium-sized network with an average of 900 people connected to it at any given time, though this number can spike to 1300 or more. They use the Nefarious extension to the IRCu daemon. In Unix and other computer operating systems, a daemon is a particular class of computer program that runs in the background, rather than under the direct control of a user; they are usually instantiated as processes. ...

Channel services are provided through a bot called X3. It can kick, ban, and set modes on users when given the appropriate commands. It also performs various channel maintinence tasks like changing the infoline and setting dynamic user limits. IRC services is a common name for a set of features implemented in most modern Internet Relay Chat networks. ...

Authorization and DNSBL scans

On July 3, 2004, AfterNET announced a new policy of comparing users' IP addresses to those listed in three DNSBLs, Blitzed OPM, SORBS, and Najabl. Any matching addresses would be automatically prevented from connecting, and this has since been the subject of a lot of debate. Some people contend that the policy drives off new users and is a nuisance to current ones, while others (including the administrators) say that the amount of spam has dropped off considerably since this was started. To alleviate some of the complaints, a "login-on-connect" feature was introduced. Those who have accounts can use this feature to bypass DNSBL scans and immediately hide their IP addresses from other users. Since the introduction of this feature, the user count is increasing again. The DNSBL scanning mechanism is built into the ircd software. A DNS-based Blackhole List (DNSBL, Real-time Blackhole List or RBL), is a means by which an Internet site may publish a list of IP addresses, in a format which can be easily queried by computer programs on the Internet. ... A KMail folder full of spam emails collected over a few days. ... An IRCD (Internet Relay Chat Daemon) is a computer program to create an IRC server on which people can talk to each other via the internet. ...

History

AfterNET was created in 1996 when several disgruntled server administrators delinked themselves from TheNET and decided to form their own network. Admistrators from InnerNET and OuterNET soon joined them.

Channel services

AfterNET previously ran a custom-written channel services bot named X2 but now uses X3 for channel services.

External links

• AfterNET homepage
• Channel list
• Statistical graphs of the network's activity
• Project home page for Nefarious irc server software, X2, and X3