Topic: Bitcoin's IRC Connection - Smutfairy.com? (Read 4233 times)
It may be safe, but I could imagine the problem it might cause trying to connect from work. lol
Smutfairy.com is an IRC server for irc.lfnet.org. It's safe.
The change hasn't been reverted. The server's PTR is still irc.lfnet.org as it has been since I changed it before.
I am the admin of irc.smutfairy.com - sorry the name frightened some of you - it was intended as a joke. I have changed the DNS PTR to point back to irc.lfnet.org which hopefully won't be so intimidating 
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-clients-getting-k-lined-from-the-irc-bootstrapping-channel-215
Aye, that's the topic I found the information from, but it's still connecting to Smutfairy. I was wondering if this was a change that was tabled/reverted/etc?
I am the admin of irc.smutfairy.com - sorry the name frightened some of you - it was intended as a joke. I have changed the DNS PTR to point back to irc.lfnet.org which hopefully won't be so intimidating
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcoin-clients-getting-k-lined-from-the-irc-bootstrapping-channel-215
Hi.
I'm a new user to BitCoin, I'm a little wary of running stuff on my machine without being a little aware of where it goes / what it does.. and so before running this I fired up Wireshark and watched where it went.. The BitCoin version I have is : 0.3.20.1 BETA
After doing a little digging, I understand that BitCoin connects to an IRC network to get a list of all the users, etc.. but I was surprised to discover the name was Smutfairy.com. I closed BitCoin pretty sharpish, and reviewed the capture session, wondering if it was a one-off, or was I loosing my mind and mis-reading it, and fired off another capture and BitCoin session, to discover it connected to the same again.
I know I might sound a little paranoid or edgy, but why SmutFairy? The only information I've been able to glean from a quick google is that the domain was mentioned and it was apparently being changed in June '10 to irc.lfnet.org..
Sorry for such a strange first post, but I am just looking for a bit more information on this.
I'm a new user to BitCoin, I'm a little wary of running stuff on my machine without being a little aware of where it goes / what it does.. and so before running this I fired up Wireshark and watched where it went.. The BitCoin version I have is : 0.3.20.1 BETA
After doing a little digging, I understand that BitCoin connects to an IRC network to get a list of all the users, etc.. but I was surprised to discover the name was Smutfairy.com. I closed BitCoin pretty sharpish, and reviewed the capture session, wondering if it was a one-off, or was I loosing my mind and mis-reading it, and fired off another capture and BitCoin session, to discover it connected to the same again.
I know I might sound a little paranoid or edgy, but why SmutFairy? The only information I've been able to glean from a quick google is that the domain was mentioned and it was apparently being changed in June '10 to irc.lfnet.org..
Sorry for such a strange first post, but I am just looking for a bit more information on this.
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