I use eggdrop/netbots botnets on original (no services) IRC networks and found a serious bug: if a nickname join floods (even due to netsplits) from a similar host as one of the eggdrops themselves (like eggdrop user1@subdomain1.example.com, join flooder user2@subdomain1.example.com) then it can trigger an eggdrop botnet attacking itself (despite each setup user attributes +abfloN, bot attributes +ghp or +gs, and properly connected): they may ban *!*@subdomain1.example.com, then banning and kicking (for 'abusing desync') other botnet members... and it's often the case individual bots will each ban & unban (or vice versa) this in quick succession. My botnet didn't have +bitch nor +revenge* but something triggered a botnet war. Recently I saw three or four botnets in a channel (two or three newer/smaller, not completely configured) have a war because of such a flood (the wraith fork might have the bug also) and two or maybe all botnets had most/all this happen (at least two botnets attacked themselves, not only banning hostmasks, but specifically kicking members of their own botnets). I don't know who ran them, but apparently the join flooder was part of a botnet and got kicked, and automatically invited back in, and reopped, triggering more botnet war. I didn't see in time how it started but have logs.
I use eggdrop/netbots botnets on original (no services) IRC networks and found a serious bug: if a nickname join floods (even due to netsplits) from a similar host as one of the eggdrops themselves (like eggdrop user1@subdomain1.example.com, join flooder user2@subdomain1.example.com) then it can trigger an eggdrop botnet attacking itself (despite each setup user attributes +abfloN, bot attributes +ghp or +gs, and properly connected): they may ban *!*@subdomain1.example.com, then banning and kicking (for 'abusing desync') other botnet members... and it's often the case individual bots will each ban & unban (or vice versa) this in quick succession. My botnet didn't have +bitch nor +revenge* but something triggered a botnet war. Recently I saw three or four botnets in a channel (two or three newer/smaller, not completely configured) have a war because of such a flood (the wraith fork might have the bug also) and two or maybe all botnets had most/all this happen (at least two botnets attacked themselves, not only banning hostmasks, but specifically kicking members of their own botnets). I don't know who ran them, but apparently the join flooder was part of a botnet and got kicked, and automatically invited back in, and reopped, triggering more botnet war. I didn't see in time how it started but have logs.