Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!tmpmbx!scuzzy!src From: src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de (Heiko Blume) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: IRC and Security Message-ID: <1991Mar17.120352.23608@scuzzy.in-berlin.de> Date: 17 Mar 91 12:03:52 GMT References: <7748@uceng.UC.EDU> <7753@uceng.UC.EDU> Organization: Contributed Software Lines: 30 pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin) writes: >In article napo@vipunen.hut.fi (Hannu Napari) writes: >>In article <7748@uceng.UC.EDU> pmartin@uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin) writes: >>>We have removed >>>IRC because of the problems that I described above. I urge all administrators >> >>On this basis you should remove talk, smtp, nntp... >> >Sorry but IRC appears to be SOLELY used for entertainment. This is a >poor example of how to spend the students and taxpayers money. sure it appears like that to you, because you probably won't get invited to the private channels with this attitude. btw, do they entertain themselved on channel +nippon ? can you read/understand what the finnish people talk about? what the hell do you know? since, as you say, the students pay for it (too) they at least can use it for entertainment (too). seriously: at least here in germany IRC is used for network management. you know, it's kinda hard to phone with 4 admins at once, and IRC is certainly much cheaper than phoning people N miles away. -- Heiko Blume <-+-> src@scuzzy.in-berlin.de <-+-> (+49 30) 691 88 93 public UNIX source archive [HST V.42bis]: scuzzy Any ACU,f 38400 6919520 gin:--gin: nuucp sword: nuucp uucp scuzzy!/src/README /your/home