verne.freenode.net Packet filtered and IPv6

[Chuck Peters]

Yesterday verne.freenode.net stopped working.  It looks like they are
firewalling
the IRC server.  Anyone know why?

It really kind of sucks since it is the only IPv6 IRC server listed in
the US at:
http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml

Since I don't have one of those cloaks I prefer to use tunnelbroker and IPv6...

$ host verne.freenode.net
verne.freenode.net has address 216.155.130.130
verne.freenode.net has IPv6 address 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe
$ ping verne.freenode.net
PING verne.freenode.net (216.155.130.130) 56(84) bytes of data.
>From tge1-50-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net (108.61.93.6) icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered
>From tge1-49-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net (108.61.93.2) icmp_seq=2 Packet filtered
^C
--- verne.freenode.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2002ms

$ ping6 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe
PING 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe(2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe) 56
data bytes
^C
--- 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms


Chuck