Re: irc attack

From: svek (svekSPAM-NO-MORE@gmx.net)
Date: 05/31/02 

From: svek <svekSPAM-NO-MORE@gmx.net>
Date: 31 May 2002 14:29:10 GMT

"Mike Schooley" <james.schooley@gte.net> wrote in
news:BvLJ8.1315$b73.791@nwrddc01.gnilink.net:

> it appears that someone is connecting to us via irc an then using us
> to send syn attacks, any way to shut down irc.

block it using iptables unless you need IRC for your own use.
I'm not really into how IRC works so I can't say how you could limit
connections to various servers that you use and perhaps even channels.

/svek

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