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Re: IRC, IM Proxy Implementations


From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:00:01 -0400

Dave Monnier, IT Security Office, Indiana University wrote:

As an operational solution to our bot problem, we've blocked all IRC
known ports at the border and require users to use the campus VPN should
they want to reach IRC networks.

Followup question:

Did you do this just for students or the entire campus? We just
did it for students.

--
Gary Flynn
Security Engineer
James Madison University

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