IRC bots, was Re: [lug] Weird directory in users home dir

[Chip Atkinson]

Check out this story/url:

http://grc.com/dos/grcdos.htm

I found it rather interesting.
Chip

Eric Kilfoil wrote:

> 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?
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> John Karns                                              jkarns at csd.net
>> 
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