Phil Sweeney wrote:
>
> The irc server is checking for your socks proxy because you can be
> exploited easily once someone sees you on irc. Having an option socks
> proxy on your machine means anyone can tunnel their internet traffic
> through your machine, or make it look like things are coming from you.
>
> You should stop the socks server accepting connections from all.
>
> Phil
>
Thanks a lot. I killed the socks server. I'm gonna read up on the socks5
docs if I have the time and find a safe solution. I once put it up in a
hurry to get ICQ file transfers working.
Wouter
