> Unfortunately, I believe that once a module is compiled into the kernel > it's present, end of discussion. And besides. thats not quite what you > want is it? removing ip_conntrack_irc would kill ALL irc abilities, not > just DCC. After all, doens't IRC operate on multiple ports, similiar to FTP? No irc just uses a single connection for all the basic stuff (usually from a random port/tcp clientside to port 6667/tcp serverside) just DCC (direct client connection) uses additional ports. DCC is used for the inter user communication.