IRC (on dal.net) is reasonably safe, just dont accept any DCC file sends! As for blocking 113 tcp good Idea, along with 1080 since most servers now check for proxy servers. -----Original Message----- From: listadmin@linuxsecurity.com [mailto:listadmin@linuxsecurity.com]On Behalf Of steve nutt Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:31 AM To: security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com Subject: IRC 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
