Re: IRC in corporate enviroment

[krymson () gmail com]

Unmonitored DCC file transfers are a great way for me to get protected work documents and information to my system at 
home. Or anyone else. A full IRC client may even allow me to set up my own DCC server! 3:1 down/up rates!

I can also browse #gerbil, #anime, and #!!!100%BBW chats.

If you have a lot of internal workstations prone to virus or trojan infections, it's easiest to just blanket block 
things like IRC, which can neuter plenty of botnet zombies. But if you have a mix of valid traffic with possibly bad 
traffic, you'll just eventually ignore it all if you can't choke it down to very predictable stuff, like from one 
workstation or two.

Those points aside, I'd echo everything MaddHatter said. :)

I'd lastly just want to mention that there are plenty of web-based, non-IRC places to find coding help and assistance. 
Forums, question/answer boards, and the like. IRC is great, but it's certainly not the only thing in this advanced 
Internet age.

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