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Giving IRC back to the users...

Welcome to the DarkNET IRC Network!

So the first question that you are probably wondering is, what makes us any different than the thousands of IRC (Internet Relay Chat) networks already out there? The answer is simple, we actually care about our users. Starting in 2001 as a private getaway from larger IRC network politics, DarkNET is now coming into the public for a last ditch effort to save the once very prominent world known as IRC. Lets face it, over populated networks full of politics and the smaller networks with power hungry administration that were created to escape these much larger networks, have completely ruined the some of the most basic principles and freedoms which IRC was founded upon. In the end the point is to have a free communication platform that you can enjoy without restrictions or interruptions. We are here for just that, to make your IRC experience an enjoyable one. Don't just talk to friends and family using MSN or Facebook, use a proven safe platform to chat with unique people from all over the world in a single channel without the hassle of multiple chat windows!

Minor network updates and changes...

Hopefully everyone's 2010 is off to a good start! We have made a few minor changes lately after taking some suggestions from users. All of our server names are now in the format 'City.AA.BB.DarkNET.Org'; where AA is the State/Province abbreviation and BB is the County abbreviation for the server location. This should stop any confusion with the previous more random server names we were using before.

We have also finished up tweaking some of the new configuration settings available to us from our past IRCd upgrade. Users should notice quicker connect times to the network and less annoyances from various checks and notices.

The qwebirc web based chat panel has been updated to the newest release available. Some settings were also tweaked to reduce the amount of javascript usage and slow loading time a few people were experiencing. The tweaks also took some of the heavy load off the server the web chat is hosted on during higher usage times.

Sometime in the next couple months, we will be moving our US servers to a new single US location. More information on this will come when the time arrives.

IRCd Server Upgrade

The Nefarious IRCd software which we use has been upgraded across the network to the latest version, u2.10.11.07+Nefarious(1.3.0)+[2744 2009-12-16]. This is a pretty big upgrade as a few servers were using very old versions which did not mix very well with some of the servers which were using newer versions. There are many fixes to glitches and bugs which were present before, as well many new features. This upgrade should continue to bring the reliability and performance with some of the extra bonus features that you would expect from Nefarious IRCd. If you encounter any problems (doubtful) or have any questions, please let us know.