[lug] Weird directory in users home dir

[John Karns]

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