IRC and Security
Anthony "Tkil" Foiani
afoiani at hobbes.nmsu.edu
Sat Mar 16 08:36:41 AEST 1991
In response to pmartin's points 3-5:
> 3) IRC uses a great deal of bandwitdh.
> One of the replies I got back mentioned the as much as 3% of the
> total NSFNET backbone was used by IRC packets last month.
>
> 4) 99.9% of the information presented on IRC is used for entertainment.
> Again, if you don't believe this, logon to IRC and see for yourself.
>
> 5) Much of the network that IRC runs on is paid for by taxpayers.
One question: Does your campus have a student union building?
Think about it.
Tony
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Tony Foiani a.k.a. Tkil (afoiani at nmsu.edu) or (mcsajf at nmsuvm1.bitnet)
Supporting: Unix / DOS / VMS / Macintosh / "What's this?"
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