Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!nmsu!opus!afoiani From: afoiani@hobbes.nmsu.edu (Anthony "Tkil" Foiani) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: IRC and Security Message-ID: Date: 15 Mar 91 22:36:41 GMT References: <7763@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: news@NMSU.Edu Organization: Campus Crusade for Chthulhu Lines: 22 In-reply-to: pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU's message of 14 Mar 91 15:31:08 GMT 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 -- Tony Foiani a.k.a. Tkil (afoiani@nmsu.edu) or (mcsajf@nmsuvm1.bitnet) Supporting: Unix / DOS / VMS / Macintosh / "What's this?" "But, although we make records for a hard world, we make records for a hard world that you can get by in, and that you can have fun in, that you can get off on." - Andrew Eldritch of The Sisters Of Mercy