On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 10:22:06AM -0500, Prashant Vijay wrote:
> I work for an ISP. I am quite new at this.
> One of my projects is to setup a proxy for IRC. Now, I can't tell me boss
> that our clients don't need to use it, coz we have dialup customers in
> addition to corporate ones. What safe and secure solution would you
> recommend I implement at my end?
> Thanx a lot
Why do you need to set up a proxy? Why get involved? If there's
something about your network topology that prevents customers from
using IRC (I can't imagine what right now), that's one thing, but
if you're trying to "protect" them, you're just asking for trouble.
Anything to do with IRC attracts idiots and psychos, and the corresponding
D.o.S. and cracking attempts like Madonna attracts the Paparrazi.
Prepare to be smurfed, if you decide you must go through with it.
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