On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:47:36 -0600, Bowes, Ronald (EST) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How exactly do you propose to accomplish this? IRC is an open protocol and > there are many open clients and open servers which can run on any port, and > run encrypted with SSL. > > So do you intend to scan every computer on the Internet on port 6667, and > shut down every server found running, the move on to random ports that > zombies probably use, and start attacking sites that provide open source > clients that use an open protocol? > > Your suggestion makes no sense, and it's something that's impossible to > implement. Why not just make knives illegal? I mean, they're frequently > used as a weapon, right?
Yah, you are right. I just needed to rant when I see all these trojan's written to call home (to an IRC channel) and DoS attacks coordinated via IRC to control unpatched anti-virus-less Windows PC zombies. Next topic... ...D _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html