EFnet
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EFnet or Eris Free network (also written EFNet) is a major IRC network, with over 100,000 users. It is the modern-day descendant of the orignal IRC network.
Initially, most IRC servers formed a single 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. When, in August 1990, server eris.berkeley.edu remained the only one to allow anyone to connect servers, IRC server operator Greg Lindahl broke away to start EFnet. The resulting argument split the IRC community of admins into EFnet and A-net, but 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.
EFnet is probably the least "unified" IRC network, with large variations in server rules and policy between different servers. It has no central administration authority.
There are three major regions on EFnet which each have their own policy structure. They are EU, CA, and US.
IRC clients can connect to EFnet via irc.efnet.us or any number of other servers.
In July 2001 a service called CHANFIX (http://www.efnet.org/chanfix/) (originally named JUPES) was created, which is designed to give back ops to channels which have lost ops or been taken over. In the case of having no ops CHANFIX will automatically join the channel and op people who fit the requirements, for a takeover a request must be made for a manual activation of CHANFIX.
External links
- Official EFnet network website (http://www.efnet.org/)
- EFnet server list (http://www.efnet.org/?module=servers)
- EFnet network routing map (http://map.efnet.org/)
- EFnet webchat portal (http://chat.efnet.org/)
- EFnet discussion forums (http://www.efnet.org/forum)de:EFnet