Re: IRC-bots: what are they for ?

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Hi, there is a genre of kids that use irc called "packet monkeys", they
are the ones who dont have much of a clue, but consider themseelves elite
because they can "flood" people off networks, and prevent them from
accessing things (such as irc, and irc channels).  Now, the reason they
install eggdrops and "packet tool networks" is to "hold" control of their
"takeovers" that they execute on IRC.  If you have a machine that's been
penetrated and find eggdrop, it's probly advisable to look for rootkits
and other pacekting tools that these kids use.  They like to use big
"botnets" to keep control of channels they takeover, to prevent others
from taking it back, or from them.

-fl

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Jens Hektor wrote:

> Hi,
>
> is anybody out there who could explain to me why on nearly
> every cracked machine I get in touch with the crackers
> have installed IRC-bots, most of the time "eggdrop" ?
>
> What practical use can taken by installing a bot on a cracked machine ?
>
> Does it give any backdoors to the system (file access,
> interactive access, monitoring, etc) ?
>
> Is such a bot possibly part of a larger communication
> infrastructure, maybe like the tfn/trinoo/stacheldraht
> thingie  ?
>
> In hope for clarification, irc-ignorant Jens Hektor