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EFnet IRC Network Changes its Name to ErisNet as "The Great Split" is Undone

posted by martyb on Monday April 02 2018, @06:43AM   Printer-friendly
from the vintage-networking dept.

"ninex" writes:

EFnet announced that the server (eris.Berkeley.EDU) that caused the original IRC network to split back in 1990 ("The Great Split") has rejoined the network. Because of this EFnet (Eris-Free Network) changed its name to "Eris Network", or ErisNet.

eris.Berkeley.EDU is once again serving IRC clients (on ports 6667, 6668 or 6697, 9999 for SSL), thanks to UC Berkeley OCF.

See the news post about this change on http://www.erisnet.org/erisnet_pressrelease.pdf

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by J_Darnley on Monday April 02 2018, @01:12PM

    by J_Darnley (5679) on Monday April 02 2018, @01:12PM (#661433)

    More like those who want federated, open protocols do. Many open source projects have busy IRC channels. Piracy is still available on some networks through DCC.

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