Bill Jonas wrote:
> I wouldn't say that IRC falls into the "public resource" category,
> personally. I've seen prohibitions on IRC *clients* in the TOS of many
> hosting providers. I knew that servers were generally a no-go -- even
> Speakeasy, with the most liberal attitude of any ISP that I've seen --
> but I hadn't heard of clients being prohibited by hosting providers. (I
> haven't looked around much at different ISPs' TOS, though, so some might
> prohibit clients as well. But I don't know.)
Most ISPs won't prohibit clients. Note that a hosting service is very
different than an access service. IRC servers are scary because they can
be DDOS magnets. Script kiddies love to talk smack on IRC.
I know when I suspect a box has been rooted one of the first things I
look for is an IRC server.
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For you, it would just be a really long boast."
-Tara
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