Network Related FAQ
I was banned from Rizon! What do I do?
Please use the webpage https://abuse.rizon.net/ in order to report NETWORK related bans. Otherwise, Use Channel Bans instead.
How do I apply for Session limit increase?
Please follow the simple directions on https://abuse.rizon.net
If you do not supply the necessary information, your form will be ignored. Do not apply for session limit increase to engage in flooding, spamming, and other forms of abuse. Users who do so will be reported to their internet service provider and have their nicks and channels associated with the offender will be frozen and disabled permanently.
Someone claims that (s)he is an IRC Operator. How can I check if (s)he is one?
Type this command: /whois Someone And if the messages returned contain the following line ({ } = optional): Someone is an IRC Operator {- *****} Then (s)he is an IRC Operator.
Someone is an IRC Operator and claims that (s)he is going to do *something* to me. What can I do?
Unless you have broken our network's rule(s), you should not worry about it.
I think an IRC Operator just abused me! What can I do?
There is only one thing that the majority of IRC Operators (i.e. non-services staff) can do which will directly affect you, and that is /kill. If you did not get killed, it is most likely that no abuse has been involved.
What is "non-services staff"? How many kinds of IRC Operators are there and what can they do?
Please check out Levels of staff for more information regarding this matter.
What is this "drone/flood bot pattern ban" and why does it affect me?
Rizon prevents all kinds of malicious bots, drones, zombies and spambots from accessing the network to protect its users and itself.
To achieve this, regular expressions are used, and even though we of course try to avoid false detections, it's possible that legit users happen to match one of those patterns.
So what do I have to do now in order to be able to connect again without this happening anymore?
Depending on what exactly was causing the pattern match and the resulting ban, you will most likely have to change either your nick, your username, or your realname (gecos).
Here[1] you can see mIRC's option dialog which can be accessed via Tools -> Options -> Connect.
In most cases, the ban was triggered due to all three of the above mentioned things (in mIRC, the part in front of the @ in the 'Email Address' field is used as username) being the same, changing one of them will most likely prevent you from matching the pattern and being banned in the future.
In many other cases, the ban was caused by an additional space in front of the realname as result of a mistake in the USER command sent by some clients and legit bots, if so a (closer) look at the RFC is recommended.
If you are unsure about what might have caused the ban or need assistance in what to do now, you can create a thread in the Help section as described here,
otherwise you may have yourself unbanned using the site you were originally linked to in the ban message now.
I want to link my server to Rizon, what is the procedure?
Please refer to "I want to link my server to Rizon" for more information regarding this matter.