irc.wug.za.net

[redarrow]

Hopefully one of the wuggers here can tell me who manages the wug irc server and how I can contact them?

This morning when I tried to login I get the message that my IP is banned?
I guess this is most likely because I use MTN HSDPA and they have some sort of shared IP thingy..

The message I get is:

*** You are banned from WNet (Open Proxy found on your host. Send an
email to [email protected] if you're confused, or visit
http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/?i=41.208.11.160 for more info on your Listing)

Closing Link: redarrow[41.208.11.160] (User has been banned from WNet
(Open Proxy found on your host. Send an email to [email protected] if
you're confused, or visit http://rbl.efnetrbl.org/?i=41.208.11.160 for
more info on your Listing))

The email address mentioned in the message does not work.. I tried sending one but I get a mail failed notification..

Thanks.

 

[spiderz]

i'm also getting that....also MTN. Mibbit works from their site
www.wug.za.net

 

[daffy]

I'll have to check why that email address isn't working..

Basically, your IP is listed in a Blacklist of known Trojan Spreaders.
There's probably a user on MTN somewhere thats eating up loads of bandwidth, and spreading Trojans on IRC networks around the world. This has pissed off a few IRC admins, so they've blacklisted the IP.
Unfortunately, its a shared IP. So loads of people get blacklisted, instead of the just the offender.

There isn't a way to remove the IP, until the problem has been resolved, and this would be a job for MTN's abuse team.
Then you could request removal from the Blacklist...

 

[redarrow]

Basically, your IP is listed in a Blacklist of known Trojan Spreaders.
There's probably a user on MTN somewhere thats eating up loads of bandwidth, and spreading Trojans on IRC networks around the world. This has pissed off a few IRC admins, so they've blacklisted the IP.
Unfortunately, its a shared IP. So loads of people get blacklisted, instead of the just the offender.

More or less what I thought yes..

Not really a big issue, I discovered I just need to log into irc.jawug.za.net instead.. obviously the IP is not (as yet) blocked on that server as it's working fine..