Re: IRC policies (fwd)

[Deedra Waters <dmwaters () OSUOSL ORG>]

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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Elliot Kendall wrote:

> Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 08:58:56 -0400
> From: Elliot Kendall <ekendall () BRANDEIS EDU>
> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Security Discussion Group Listserv
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> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] IRC policies
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> On 2007-06-06 07:47:14 -0400, Knowles, Richard N. CISSP PMP wrote:
> > Are there any schools that are blocking IRC to curb 'bot activity?
>
> I've been very surprised by the number of legitimate IRC users we have
> on campus. I had thought IRC's popularity was on the wane, but many
> applications with chat functionality use it as a backend. For that
> reason, I would be very careful about blocking it completely.

As senior staff for a specific irc network I can assure you it's very
popular. A lot of open source projects use irc for communication and
coordination.
>
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