Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!convex!usenet From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: IRC and Security Message-ID: <1991Mar13.232217.8994@convex.com> Date: 13 Mar 91 23:22:17 GMT References: <7748@uceng.UC.EDU> <7753@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: usenet@convex.com (news access account) Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX Lines: 11 Nntp-Posting-Host: pixel.convex.com From the keyboard of pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin): :Sorry but IRC appears to be SOLELY used for entertainment. This is a :poor example of how to spend the students and taxpayers money. So what? Anything that gets them into computers more is a good thing. Don't pre-judge what is and is not going to have good long-term side effects. That said, it does sound frivolous, but unless there's a cycle or net or terminal crunch, I see no reason to take it away. --tom