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Blitzed.org - Link Application

We have created a web-based application system to make it easier for you to submit an application. Please note that every field is mandatory unless noted otherwise.

Initial Checklist

You understand that your application will not be considered until you (admin) and all of the opers you have in mind for your server have had a registered nickname on the Blitzed IRC Network for 30 days or more.
Your server is running a unix operating system.
You have read and understood the Blitzed policy document.


Server Information

Server Name/Location:

Choose a name for your server, and provide some details of where it is physically located.

zone refers to the basic region of the world that your server is in. Allowable values for zone are:

af Africa (including South Africa)
an Antarctica
ap Asia-Pacific
au Australia
ca Canada
eu Europe (including former Soviet republics)
sa South America
us United States of America

area refers to the more specific region within the zone that your server is in. For Antarctic, Australian, Canadian and North American servers, area will be a two letter state abbreviation. For all other servers, area will be the two letter ISO code for the country your server is in.

Your server name may be anything you wish, you should have some kind of idea what sort of names will 'fit in' with the other servers on our net by now. It may be up to 80 characters in length.

. . .
name area zone domain
eg. penguin.uk.eu.blitzed.org
eg. porkscratchings.pa.us.blitzed.org

Now we need some more geographical information for displaying your server on our servers page should you be linked. Sorry if this seems redundant after what you specified above, however that was to create the server name whereas this is meant to be human-readable.

City:
State/County:
Country:
Continent:

IP address:

Please specify the IP address of your actual IRCd. i.e. we should be able to connect to your IRC server via this address.

eg. 12.34.56.78

Ports:

The ports that your IRCd will accept connections on. You must include 6667, 7000 and 7500. Specify as a list of comma-separated integers. Use '-' to show ranges.

eg. 6667, 6690-7000, 7500

Operating System:

Please provide a short explanation of the operating system / unix distribution you will be using.

e.g. Red Hat Linux 7.1 kernel version 2.4.4.

Memory:

State how much memory is installed in your server.



CPU:

Provide some information on the proccessor's type and speed.

e.g. AMD Athlon 1GHz

Other Tasks:

State any other tasks the machine performs.

e.g. mail, httpd, eggdrop bots.

File Descriptors:

Number of file descriptors in kernel. In Linux, ulimit -a will show you this information.

e.g. 1024.

Maximum Clients:

How many clients you will allow on your server. Leave this at 0 if you're prepared to allow any number.

e.g. 500

Internet Routing Information

Connectivity:

Please provide a detailed description of your server's connectivity to the rest of the world.

Warning: Blitzed's Admin team and/or routing secretary will verify any information in this application to ensure correctness, consistency and validity. Please ensure the information you are providing is real and correct. Applicants that falsify anything on their application may have their application revoked, and be barred from ever re-applying to Blitzed.

Personal Details

Admin Details:

Admin's Real Name:
Admin's Email Address:
Admin's Nickname on Blitzed:
Server Owner's Email Address:
Does Admin have "root" access?

Please double-check these details,
as they are very important.

Free Answer (Use as much space as needed)

Your involvement with Blitzed

Please describe the ways you have been involved with Blitzed, and why you feel your server should become part of Blitzed.



Do you have any IRC Operators in mind?

Bear in mind that your server may have a maximum of four operators, including you and your coadmin if you choose to have one. Please supply full name and email address of any opers. Note also that once your application is submitted you may not alter your staff until after your test link period is over.



How much time would you expect to be able to dedicate to Blitzed?

How much active time would you estimate you will be able to Blitzed per week? There are approximately 112 waking hours in a week; be realistic.

Roughly hours
Please enter an integer.

Server Situation

Please provide name and contact information for someone with authority over the CPU and bandwidth utilization of your server. Please indicate if this server is co-located (i.e. you are personally paying for bandwidth), ISP sponsored or has some other arrangement.



Your IRCd Experience

Please provide a brief summary of your personal experience running ircds and list any other relevant technical skills.



Bot Policy

What will your policy on bots be?

eg. "Friendly bots allowed"

If The Worst Happens...

What action will you take if your server's performance becomes a detriment to the operation of Blitzed?



Extra Comments

Use this space if you would like to add something not already mentioned:

NB This field is optional.

Pings and Traceroutes

Obtain either:

  • Output from "mtr -rc 50" for every Blitzed server.

    • ie: for s in cabernet cookies ouzo penguin sausage tabasco vindaloo ;do echo $s >> mtr; mtr -rc 50 $s.blitzed.org >> mtr; echo >> mtr;done

or:

  • A set of pings for every Blitzed server. Send 20 ping requests to each server and include the average's output as well.
  • A set of traceroutes for every Blitzed server.

mtr is preferred and will save you and us time. If your server does not have mtr, download and install it from http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ The servers you must mtr or ping+traceroute are as follows:

  • cabernet.ca.us.blitzed.org
  • cookies.on.ca.blitzed.org
  • ouzo.nl.eu.blitzed.org
  • penguin.uk.eu.blitzed.org
  • sausage.tx.us.blitzed.org
  • tabasco.uk.eu.blitzed.org
  • vindaloo.uk.eu.blitzed.org

Paste the results into the textbox below:

Applications without this information will not be accepted.


Final Checklist:

I have checked that all my details have been filled in correctly.