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Re: IRC protocols and insecurity
From: David Coppa <caff () openbeer it>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:36:37 +0200
* Barrie Dempster (barrie () reboot-robot net) wrote:
You can setup most IRC servers with an SSL option and you could force users to use this, therefore it would all be encrypted. If you pick a well maintained actively developed IRC server, it will be just as secure as any other service you run, in essence. Also running the server locally rather than using MSN or other clients that rely on external servers will mean you can A: trust the servers fully and B: control them and maintain them yourself.
http://bahamut-inet6.sourceforge.net/ Used on Azzurra.org IRC network, not a bad choice... Bye, -- David "caff" Coppa <caff AT openbeer DOT it> OpenBSD: enforcing your security policy from VAX to i386 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ethical Hacking at the InfoSec Institute. All of our class sizes are guaranteed to be 12 students or less to facilitate one-on-one interaction with one of our expert instructors. Check out our Advanced Hacking course, learn to write exploits and attack security infrastructure. Attend a course taught by an expert instructor with years of in-the-field pen testing experience in our state of the art hacking lab. Master the skills of an Ethical Hacker to better assess the security of your organization. http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical_hacking_training.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- IRC protocols and insecurity proc ps (Sep 07)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity Chris Green (Sep 08)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity Jose Maria Lopez (Sep 09)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity DokFLeed.Net (Sep 09)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity Barrie Dempster (Sep 11)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity David Coppa (Sep 14)
- Re: IRC protocols and insecurity Barrie Dempster (Sep 11)
- RE: IRC protocols and insecurity Rob Shein (Sep 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: IRC protocols and insecurity Todd Towles (Sep 10)