Networks differ massively on these points. Of course. My intent with that post was not to get into a discussion about why Freenode was right or wrong in making their decision - like I said, I'm not a staffer, and I have…
nenolod is not a freenode staffer. The impression I got was that freenode felt they were going above and beyond in offering an alternative webchat to mibbit users, which they didn't need nor particularly want to do.
You really do think the worst of everyone don't you. I wonder what that says about you? That he's someone I'd hire to deal with network security.
It's not a question of "they don't trust Mibbit", it's just basic security practice. Anyone, even a freenode staffer running his personal project, would not have that trust extended to them.
Old scenario - people are using mibbit to very easily banevade - crap. Scenario #1 + #2 - the proxy will be banned or the user refused connection. There is no distinction because they can trust the code they're running…
You should probably point out here that nenolod was one of the non-freenode-staff members in #freenode at that point, presenting his personal opinion. It's about as germane to this discussion as me pulling up random…
Networks differ massively on these points. Of course. My intent with that post was not to get into a discussion about why Freenode was right or wrong in making their decision - like I said, I'm not a staffer, and I have…
nenolod is not a freenode staffer. The impression I got was that freenode felt they were going above and beyond in offering an alternative webchat to mibbit users, which they didn't need nor particularly want to do.
You really do think the worst of everyone don't you. I wonder what that says about you? That he's someone I'd hire to deal with network security.
It's not a question of "they don't trust Mibbit", it's just basic security practice. Anyone, even a freenode staffer running his personal project, would not have that trust extended to them.
Old scenario - people are using mibbit to very easily banevade - crap. Scenario #1 + #2 - the proxy will be banned or the user refused connection. There is no distinction because they can trust the code they're running…
You should probably point out here that nenolod was one of the non-freenode-staff members in #freenode at that point, presenting his personal opinion. It's about as germane to this discussion as me pulling up random…