[cumbria_lug] last nights virtual meet

[Ian Linwood]

Hello Schwuk,

Sunday, November 16, 2003, 8:03:57 PM, you wrote:

> Substitute WWW for IRC and you have the same argument... Guess you won't
> be surfing anymore then, eh Ian?

No you don't.
At least you actively choose your content surfing the web. IRC is a
different story.

My Mozilla History list;

http://www.itv-f1.com/
http://www.ebay.co.uk/
http://www.exim.org/
http://www.google.com/
http://www.apache.org
http://www.iomega.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
http://portal.plus.net/index_portal.html


My real objection to IRC is that it is so vulnerable.
Because of its very nature, using an IRC client leaves your PC wide
open to attack/takeover.

Open IRC ports are also a common source of attack by script kiddies,
et al.

-- 
Best regards,
 Ian                            mailto:ian_linwood_clug at dinwoodie.freeuk.com