On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Ivan Tefalco wrote:
> Is there any safe way to allow users to use IRC through a SOCKS 4/5
> firewall.?
Depends on what you consider "safe." Most of the IRC risk is client-side,
assuming yo're not running an IRC server. In that case the "safest" way
is to allow the clients to telnet to an outside shell and use a
telneet-based IRC client on a secured host. Most users won't like that
option though.
Paul
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