[rust-dev] IRC moderation due to attacks

Some botnet is picking on #rust. Until the situation is resolved[1] or the botnet gives up, we've been turning on moderation in the #rust IRC room. This means that you won't be able to join #rust or talk in the channel unless you have registered with NickServ[2]. Right now the attack seems focused on #rust, but if the others channels start getting attacked as well we will have to turn on moderation there too. It would be useful if someone who has some free time could update the IRC page on the wiki to suggest people register their nicks and point them to the instructions below. You might also mention that moderation is employed from time to time to prevent spam bot attacks and that will prevent unregistered participants from joining and/or talking. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we'll hopefully be able to go back to our previous, unmoderated setup soon. jack. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950187 [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC#Register_your_nickname