To clear the air,
I'm trying to connec to an irc server. Not, clients are trying to connect
to me.
Is that what everyone thought I was doing?
I'm simply just trying to connect to irc. :-)
Regards,
Tim
(and I apologize for all the confusion)
Jeffrey Laramie <JALaramie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent by: netfilter-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
11/17/2003 01:04 PM
To: netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
cc:
Subject: Re: irc
Antony Stone wrote:
>On Monday 17 November 2003 4:35 pm, Jeffrey Laramie wrote:
>
>
>
>>Just out of curiosity, what exactly is the difference between an IRC
>>server and an IRC proxy?
>>
>>Client connects to server
>>Client connects to proxy
>>
>>Server relays
>>Proxy relays
>>
>>Hmmm.
>>
>>
>
>In that case I simply don't know enough about the IRC protocol (which is
>true).
>
>It sounds like SMTP to me - there's no such thing as an SMTP proxy,
because
>that is what an SMTP server is. Perhaps this is the ideal answer to the
>original question :) ?
>
>
Functionally sticking an IRC server on the perimeter works, but then you
have the work of securing and maintaining an IRC server which is no
small task. Maybe SBlaze knows more about the proxy he mentioned and how
it works. If your letting IRC (bots!) into your LAN you've got your
hands full.
Jeff
