From: Jeffrey Laramie <JALaramie@Loudoun-Fairfax.com>
To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: irc
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:04:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3FB90DC9.4010005@Loudoun-Fairfax.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200311171733.hAHHXgj22323@agate.rockstone.co.uk>
Antony Stone wrote:
>On Monday 17 November 2003 4:35 pm, Jeffrey Laramie wrote:
>
>
>
>>Just out of curiosity, what exactly is the difference between an IRC
>>server and an IRC proxy?
>>
>>Client connects to server
>>Client connects to proxy
>>
>>Server relays
>>Proxy relays
>>
>>Hmmm.
>>
>>
>
>In that case I simply don't know enough about the IRC protocol (which is
>true).
>
>It sounds like SMTP to me - there's no such thing as an SMTP proxy, because
>that is what an SMTP server is. Perhaps this is the ideal answer to the
>original question :) ?
>
>
Functionally sticking an IRC server on the perimeter works, but then you
have the work of securing and maintaining an IRC server which is no
small task. Maybe SBlaze knows more about the proxy he mentioned and how
it works. If your letting IRC (bots!) into your LAN you've got your
hands full.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-17 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-17 15:30 irc trainier
2003-11-17 15:39 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 16:10 ` irc SBlaze
2003-11-17 16:18 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 16:35 ` irc Jeffrey Laramie
2003-11-17 17:33 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 18:04 ` Jeffrey Laramie [this message]
2003-11-17 15:41 ` irc dan radom
2003-11-17 15:50 ` irc Antony Stone
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-17 20:55 irc trainier
2003-11-18 0:00 ` irc Alistair Tonner
2003-11-17 18:42 irc trainier
2003-11-17 19:29 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 19:56 ` irc Alistair Tonner
2003-11-17 20:05 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 18:38 irc trainier
2003-11-17 17:58 irc trainier
2003-11-17 17:43 irc trainier
2003-11-17 18:11 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 16:28 irc bmcdowell
2003-11-17 16:38 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 15:15 irc trainier
2003-11-17 15:20 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 15:33 ` irc Jeffrey Laramie
2003-11-17 15:39 ` irc Antony Stone
2003-11-17 15:22 ` irc dan radom
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