[lug] Weird directory in users home dir

[Eric Kilfoil]

An IRC bot is a program which connects to an irc server and joins an irc
channel.  If you were to go into a channel on IRC, it's very possible that
some of the people in that channel are actually just software :).

eric

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, John Karns wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, D. Stimits said:
>
> > FYI, a lot of root kit script kiddies install irc bots after they
> > control the machine, as either a back door or something like an
> > automated welcome mat to announce that the machine is available.
>
> Not to sound ignorant or anything, but what's an irc bot?  I know that irc
> is Internet Relay Chat, and have used irc once or twice in the past.  An
> irc server daemon pehaps?
>
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> John Karns                                              jkarns at csd.net
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