Re: irc was Re: iso 17799

["Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>]

ArkanoiD wrote:
> What's wrong with irc?

Nothing's wrong with IRC in and of itself. What's wrong is that I've seen
umpty-zillion installations with their firewalls configured to allow IRC
back and forth unimpeded - a sign of deeper problems.
If everyone started blocking IRC, the botboys would just start
using something else.

The razor blade in the apple is that unimpeded inside->outside
access. End users call this "firewall transparency."  I call it
"painting a target on your head."

mjr.

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