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* <span style="color: red">unstable (netsplits, server outages)</span> | * <span style="color: red">unstable (netsplits, server outages)</span> | ||
* <span style="color: red">ridiculous channel, nick, and topic length limits</span> | * <span style="color: red">ridiculous channel, nick, and topic length limits</span> | ||
* <span style="color: red">low channel join limits (i.e. how many channels you can join from one connection) on almost all servers; limit varies between servers such that a reconnect might cause join errors</span> | |||
* <span style="color: red">varying degrees of IPv6 and TLS support depending on the server; no valid TLS certificates anywhere</span> | |||
* <span style="color: red">no services</span> | * <span style="color: red">no services</span> | ||
* <span style="color: red">broken web chat</span> | * <span style="color: red">broken web chat (silent truncation of long messages)</span> | ||
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Revision as of 14:03, 20 December 2019
EFnet:
- more decentralised
- old
- unstable (netsplits, server outages)
- ridiculous channel, nick, and topic length limits
- low channel join limits (i.e. how many channels you can join from one connection) on almost all servers; limit varies between servers such that a reconnect might cause join errors
- varying degrees of IPv6 and TLS support depending on the server; no valid TLS certificates anywhere
- no services
- broken web chat (silent truncation of long messages)
hackint:
- stable
- services (automatic opping/voicing, proper access control for restricted channels)
- security: TLS required, valid TLS certificates (one of the few IRC networks!)
- accessibility (XMPP etc., though that's apparently not working properly at the moment)
- policy
- backed by like-minded people (Chaos Computer Club)
- not very old
- run entirely by one organisation
Stability comparison over about 4 months (end of August to end of December), excluding network issues on my side:
- EFnet: 8 disconnects, 68 netsplits of unknown total time because sometimes there is no proper rejoin of the split server; several server outages where everyone connected just suddenly times out, not easily trackable
- hackint: zero disconnects, four netsplits totalling less than 10 minutes (574 seconds) and rejoining cleanly every time