RE: Security issues with running eggdrop as an IRC bot?

["matt willson" <mwillson () sbcglobal net>]

As a tip of advice... Don't run emech, unless you want to be labeled as
a syn flood owner. More often than not they're mistaken for the
mirkforce nets, and ddos nets...
Besides they're lame
;0


-----Original Message-----
From: Koen [mailto:koen4security () hotmail com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 11:13 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Security issues with running eggdrop as an IRC bot?

Hi List,

As a frequent IRC-chatter I'm thinking of running my own IRC bot.
Eggdrop
seems the right choice for me, allthough emech seems promising also.

I would install it on Linux (off course properly firewalled and
hardened)
and connecting to the irc-net through a socks-proxy (Dante). The bot
would
not be available from the outside (except off course through IRC) and no
botnetting, linking or sharing.

Are there any caveats or security issues with running this setup? Any
advice
is appreciated!

Regards,


Koen

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