I have been reading for sometime now postings to this group and have enjoyed
the discussions! I have questions about IRC.
I have always wanted to try IRC, but have never set it up and never
participated in any irc chats. Is internet relay chat safe? Safe meaning
secure? If I set up an IRC client how unsecure is my box? I don't know much
about it but have always been courious? Am I being over cautious? What are
the security concerns when running IRC?
What is an IRC bot ? It seems allot of what I read about exploits on SANS,
security focus, etc are based on boxes running IRC. What firewall rule
should be set inplace if I allow port 13 open for IRC?
Other than not running IRC as root, but only as a user are there any other
"BEST PRACTICES" in connection with IRC that I should observe before I go
down this road?
Sincerely:
Steve
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