upon reading about proxy servers and irc and lamer/bots
i had a thought that maybe irc networks could use proxy servers with rules ect to there advantage....
the idea is to kinda have proxy software built into the ircd which the the ircd comunicates with for sending out info.....
the incoming data is filtered through the proxy under certain rules for each client.....either using ident or some other form of detection for bots and flooders ect this way you would be able to limit the amount of data a certain client can send to the server....... also you could put a limit on how many times a certain client/whatever can send the info (ignore repeated info)
would this not help in ddos attacks as most of the data if not all is rejected by the proxy.......before it gets to the server.....
you could filter out alot of other stuff also.......
i think of this idea as an inverted proxy.....
it would act as a wall/barrier between the server and the client
but only restricting certain types of data normal cannections would have
no problems the proxy would be invisable.......
i call it a proxy but you might call it something else
or maybe unreal already has all these features....
anyway thats my idea what do you think.........