Re: Blocking IRC Access

["J. Bilder" <electro () bildz dyndns org>]

Irc isn't the easiest to close.  If they are looking to block IRC, then
they better block all the ports so that people cant BNC to other hosts. 
Depending upon how the network is setup, you can BNC on any port to get
outside.  Unless of course the company has a firewall that only allows
proxy sessions from a few hosts, and all other ports are locked down to
servers as well.  Then it would be especially hard to get outside.  They
would probably also be looking for someone scanning the firewall to see
where they could potentially find an open port to get out on as well.

HTH

- Jeff


On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 14:46, Mike wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm looking at moving my career towards security, so was interested when I
> received an email from our security department that stated they would be
> blocking IRC by closing ports 6665-6669.
>
> I would have thought a lot more ports would need to be closed if the secops
> wanted to completely block IRC.
>
> What is the "best" way to disable access to IRC?
>
> Block known ports, what ports would need to be blocked?
>
> Or just drop packets, how would that be done?
>
> We use Cisco equipment and are primarily a win2k 70% winxp 30% site
>
> Like I said I'm wanting to move into security, but at the moment I wouldn't
> even class myself as a novice.
>
> Any input I could get from this list will be very much appreciated!
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
>
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