BRASnet was the largest IRC network in Brazil, founded in early 1996 (when the Internet was in its early stages in the country). Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

The network started with only two servers and a group of friends, but in the six months that followed it gained attention of various Internet service providers (ISPs) and users, experiencing a quick growth (registering peaks of 300 users, an impressive number for 1996). This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... “ISP” redirects here. ...

By the end of 1996, the network had already peaked 1,000 users and reached 2,700 by the end of 1997. These numbers were mostly due to the migration of BrasIRC users. The network continued to grow at rate of more than 200% a year. In January 2003, it reached 48,000 users and more than one million connections a day. The last registered peaks were about 53,000 in July and 60,000 in November of 2003. Some users (mainly those who used to access RedeBrasil, an IRC network that merged in BRASnet), being the majority of them teenagers students of big Brazilian cities (such as Recife, Brasília and Marília), claims that these peaks were mostly due to social engineering by BRASnet members over that network, prompting its servers to merge in BRASnet. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Veneza Brasileira (Brazilian Venice) and Mauricéia/Mauritzstad (after the Dutch colonization) Motto: Ut luceat omnibus Latin: That it may shine on all (Matthew 5:15) Location in Brazil Founded March 12, 1537 Incorporated (as village) 1709 Incorporated (as city) 1823 Government  - Mayor João Paulo Lima e Silva... Nickname: Location of Brasília Coordinates: Region Central-West State Distrito Federal Founded 21 April 1960 Government  - Administrator Ricardo Hernane Pires Area  - City 5,802 km²  (2,240. ... Marília Marília is a city located in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. ... Social engineering is the practice of obtaining confidential information by manipulation of legitimate users. ...

But following the great peak, there were a depression in late 2004, due to denial-of-service attacks as a retaliation for its administration conduct at the time. And since that happened, the number of IRC users in Brazil has been constantly and quickly lowering as opposed to the number of other IM services, like MSN Messenger. Although BRASnet disallowed access to its statistics, it's known, through channel statistics, that it has much less users than in the past. It's also known that it has less servers, losing important ones, like its former hubs. shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In computer security and crime, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

As of 2005, BRASnet offers a free dial-up service (in association with an ISP), blog/photoblog and WAP access, but on the other hand users must own a registered nickname and must be identified to join any channels. Dial-up access is a form of Internet access through which the client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service providers (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... WAP is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication. ...

In May of 2007, users include (of "LABSEC") and bonny organized a distributed denial of service attack against BRASnet to the point that BRASnet redirect irc.brasnet.org to EFnet.      IRC Abjects • AbleNET • AfterNET • Aitvaras • AusIRC • AustIRC • AustNet • Blitzed • BRASnet • DALnet • Delinked • DeltaAnime • EFnet • EsperNet • freenode • Gamma Force • GamesNET • GameSurge • IRCHighway • IRCnet • LinkNet • NetGamers • Open and Free Technology Community • QuakeNet Rizon • SlashNET • UKChatterbox • UniBG • Undernet • ZiRC EFnet or Eris Free network is a major IRC network, with over 70,000...

References

• (Portuguese) Official about page — includes a graphic showing the growth of the network
• (Portuguese) Rede Brasil de mIRC deixa de existir – A news article about the RedeBrasil merging with BRASnet

External links

• (Portuguese) Official website
• BRASnet's #wikipedia non official channel
• (Portuguese) [1] — News about the closing of a channel that used to serve illegal content (such as credit card numbers)