[hybrid] Issue while connecting 2 hybrid servers

[Ariel Biener]

On 14/05/2012 13:08, Shazz of TRSi wrote:
> I "fixed" the issue in adding the reverse connect statement in the 
> hybrid2 conf
> But does it mean to connect it is REQUIRED that both servers know each 
> other ? It is impossbile that a new server connects to an existing one 
> without being configured/restarted (in the existing one) ?

As far as I recall, two ircds must know each other in order to link. 
IRCD<->IRCD links require
a trust relationship, unlike for example SMTP or HTTP, since each server 
holds a state of the
network and can seriously fuck the network up (unlike smtp and http 
which is client->server).

Quoting from IRC history (search Google):


"EFnet

In August 1990 the first major disagreement took place in the IRC world. 
The "A-net" (Anarchy net) included a server named eris.berkeley.edu. It 
was all open, required no passwords and had no limit on the number of 
connects. As Greg "wumpus" Lindahl explains: /"it had a wildcard server 
line, so people were hooking up servers and nick-colliding everyone"/.

The "Eris Free network", EFnet, made the eris machine the first to be 
Q-lined (Q for quarantine) from IRC (wumpus' words again: /"Eris refused 
to remove that line, so I formed EFnet. It wasn't much of a fight; I got 
all the hubs to join, and almost everyone else got carried along."/). 
A-net was formed with the eris servers, EFnet was formed with the 
non-eris servers. History showed most servers and users went with EFnet. 
The name EFnet lived only shortly, as soon as ANet had died, the name 
EFnet became void too. There was one and only IRC left again."


Ariel

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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> From: Shazz of TRSi
>>
>> Sent: 14/05/12 11:30 AM
>>
>> To: hybrid at lists.ircd-hybrid.org
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>> Subject: [hybrid] Issue while connecting 2 hybrid servers
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>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have installed 2 hybrid servers (hybrid1:192.168.22.132 and 
>> hybrid2:192.168.22.131), that works.
>> Then I'd like the 1st one to connect to the 2nd one (to share 
>> channels and users)
>>
>> so in hybrid1 conf I have added :
>>
>> connect {
>>         name = "hybrid2.log";
>>         host = "192.168.22.131";
>>         send_password = "password";
>>         accept_password = "anotherpassword";
>>         encrypted = no;
>>         port = 6666;
>>         hub_mask = "*";
>>         class = "server";
>>         autoconn = yes;
>>         #compressed = yes;
>>         #lazylink = yes;
>>         #fakename = "*.arpa";
>> };
>>
>> but as oper when I do /connect hybrid2.log I've got :
>> *** Connecting to 192.168.22.131[hybrid2.log].6666
>> *** Notice -- ERROR :from hybrid2.log[unknown at 192.168.22.131] -- 
>> Closing Link: 192.168.22.132 (Invalid servername.)
>> *** Notice -- Server hybrid2.log[unknown at 192.168.22.131] closed the 
>> connection
>> *** Notice -- hybrid2.log had been connected for 0 days,  0:00:00
>>
>> The 2 servers can ping each other so no network issue, no 
>> firewalling, users can connect to both.
>>
>> So I guess that's a conf issue ? Where should send_password 
>> and accept_password need to be set on the hybrid2 server ?
>>
>> Thanks !
>>
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