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Re: Why is IRC still around?
From: Danny <nocmonkey () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:52:46 -0500
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:47:36 -0600, Bowes, Ronald (EST) <rbowes () gov mb ca> wrote:
How exactly do you propose to accomplish this? IRC is an open protocol and there are many open clients and open servers which can run on any port, and run encrypted with SSL. So do you intend to scan every computer on the Internet on port 6667, and shut down every server found running, the move on to random ports that zombies probably use, and start attacking sites that provide open source clients that use an open protocol? Your suggestion makes no sense, and it's something that's impossible to implement. Why not just make knives illegal? I mean, they're frequently used as a weapon, right?
Yah, you are right. I just needed to rant when I see all these trojan's written to call home (to an IRC channel) and DoS attacks coordinated via IRC to control unpatched anti-virus-less Windows PC zombies. Next topic... ...D _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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