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update documentation of moderation techniques

Fixes #1697
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Shivaram Lingamneni 2 years ago
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 See the `/HELP` (or `/HELPOP`) entries for these commands for more information, but here's a rough workflow for mitigating spam or other attacks:
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-1. Subscribe to the `a` snomask to monitor for abusive registration attempts (this is set automatically in the default operator config, but can be added manually with `/mode mynick +s u`)
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-2. Given abusive traffic from a nickname, use `/UBAN INFO <nickname>` to find out information about their connection
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-3. If they are using an account, suspend the account with `/UBAN ADD <account>`, which will disconnect them
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-4. If they are not using an account, or if they're spamming new registrations from an IP, you can add a temporary ban on their IP/network with `/UBAN ADD <ip | network>`
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+1. Given abusive traffic from a nickname, use `/UBAN INFO <nickname>` to find out information about their connection
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+2. If they are using an account, suspend the account with `/UBAN ADD <account>`, which will disconnect them
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+3. If they are not using an account, or if they're spamming new registrations from an IP, you can add a temporary ban on their IP/network with `/UBAN ADD <ip | network>`
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+4. Subscribe to the `a` snomask to monitor for abusive registration attempts (`/mode mynick +s u`)
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 5. When facing a flood of abusive registrations that cannot be stemmed with `/DLINE`, use `/DEFCON 4` to temporarily restrict registrations. (At `/DEFCON 2`, all new connections to the server will require SASL, but this will likely be disruptive to legitimate users as well.)
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+These techniques require operator privileges: `UBAN` requires the `ban` operator capability, subscribing to snomasks requires `snomasks`, and `DEFCON` requires `defcon`. All three of these capabilities are included by default in the `server-admin` role.
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 For channel operators, `/msg ChanServ HOWTOBAN #channel nickname` will provide similar information about the best way to ban a user from a channel.
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