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ChatSpike - The Users NetworkWelcome to the ChatSpike IRC Network!
Our network is a collection of many different communities, all of whom join in to socialise, have fun, and most importantly, to chat.
ChatSpike is called home by many communities both large and small, such as Anime-Empire,
InspIRCd (our self-written IRCd package), the WarCry gaming community and many more  .
To find out more about what makes ChatSpike unique and exciting, please read the page "Why choose ChatSpike?" |
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| Recent downtime | Posted by SnoFox on Sun 12th Feb 12 |
Greetings ChatSpike!
It is February 3rd. You were chatting along happily with your friends. Suddenly, you were disconnected. "What happened?" You wonder.
February 4th. You wake up to happily greet ChatSpike when you remember the server shutdown from the day before. Frantically, you booted your computer and tried to connect to ChatSpike. Unfortunately, still offline.
... Okay, maybe this might not be exactly what you did; however, the downtime explanation:
The downtime in question was caused due to a flaw in a separate piece of software that runs the same server as ChatSpike's IRC server.
The bug in our mail server software, Exim, allowed a spam script to abuse ChatSpike's mailserver to send spam e-mails off into the Internet. How sad that spam is actually a big, profitable business. Fortunately, we are able to report that all ChatSpike-related data is secure and un-touched; ChatSpike services were taken offline solely as a result of stopping the script from running and spreading.
As a result of this intrusion, we have taken precautions to prevent future exploits as well as improve ChatSpike's stability and reliability to better serve you, the users that make ChatSpike.
We deeply apologize for any inconvenience the downtime may have caused; we know you need your daily dose of ChatSpike and we are still here, alive, and ready to give you your fix!
- SnoFox |
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| Site Updates | Posted by Mage on Fri 15th Apr 11 |
Hello!
I have updated a few things around the site. Nothing that should be too noticeable (unless something breaks magnificently), as it's just adjustments/bugfixes/refactoring of the code.
In the coming weeks when I stop being lazy and lethargic regarding sideprojects I will be working on revitalizing the site with brand spankin' new code to make this place work better and in the end look better.
As always, if there's any suggestions for features or additions or you found something broken, please ping me on IRC in #ChatSpike (I am unironically in some sort of power there, I don't know what w00t was thinking here). |
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