Meta tags:
description=irchelp.org is a website about the workings of IRC for both newbies and experts alike. It exists since 1996, but has recently been converted to jekyll. ;
author=;

Headings (most frequently used words):

irc, security,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
irc (15), clients (13), all (11), for (11), and (11), the (8), #security (8), you (7), irchelp (6), your (6), attacks (6), networks (6), are (5), how (5), about (5), from (5), etc (5), this (5), other (5), service (5), org (4), safe (4), with (4), trojan (4), denial (4), linux (4), unix (4), what (3), has (3), kids (3), information (3), problems (3), files (3), learn (3), these (3), mirc (3), major (3), ircd (3), original (2), see (2), can (2), help (2), guide (2), want (2), one (2), abuse (2), backdoors (2), scripts (2), others (2), yourself (2), using (2), people (2), yet (2), but (2), guides (2), sites (2), ext (2), links (2), some (2), good (2), more (2), technical (2), home (2), firewall (2), fixes (2), downloading (2), horse (2), hard (2), nukes (2), make (2), horses (2), which (2), page (2), covers (2), news (2), been (2), chat (2), maybe (2), here (2), efnet (2), general (2), crossplatform (2), graphical (2), xchat (2), terminal (2), macos (2), windows (2), documents, authors, 2016, content, maintained, pull, requests, welcomed, details, our, contributor, github, think, hacker, become, somebody, who, actually, knows, hacking, hackers, record, then, submit, operator, including, advice, regarding, takeovers, flooding, nuking, profanity, logging, reporting, bots, allow, gain, unauthorized, access, computer, harm, illustrates, dangers, blindly, another, overall, site, little, harder, navigate, well, written, articles, public, stop, helpful, blocking, filtering, tools, report, trouble, getnetwise, parents, ensure, their, chatting, safetly, properly, parent, link, same, source, above, detailed, network, discussion, involved, behind, proxy, nat, gateway, includes, specific, identd, dcc, faq, biggest, threat, ironically, nothing, protocol, software, itself, illegal, lead, legal, viruses, own, facts, file, trading, networked, computers, disconnect, crash, defend, against, attractively, disguised, cause, harmful, consequences, download, run, them, takeover, channels, erasing, disk, undo, damage, late, breaking, exploits, especially, those, have, not, patched, official, author, exploit, responsible, use, rooms, were, referred, because, suspect, compromised, just, sure, following, topics, covered, internet, relay, version, http, www, index, library, new, user, introduction, faqs, hybrid, ratbox, ircds, servers, social, engineering, malware, privacy, quakenet, dalnet, undernet, ircnet, topical, regional, web, based, operating, systems, smartphone, ios, android, smartphones, konversation, ircii, epic, irssi, snak, colloquy, textual,

Text of the page (random words):
irchelp org irc security irchelp home about clients all clients windows mirc xchat all windows clients macos x textual colloquy snak all macos x clients linux unix terminal irssi epic ircii all linux unix terminal clients linux unix graphical xchat konversation all linux unix graphical clients smartphones clients for android clients for ios all smartphone clients other os and crossplatform crossplatform clients clients for other operating systems web based clients networks major networks regional networks topical networks all networks major networks efnet ircnet undernet dalnet quakenet security general security privacy denial of service trojan horses and other malware social engineering servers general ircd information efnet ircds ircd ratbox ircd hybrid faqs new user introduction library index irc security original version at http www irchelp org irchelp security this page covers information for the safe and responsible use of internet relay chat irc and other chat rooms maybe you were referred here because you suspect your security has been compromised or maybe you just want to make sure you are safe the following major topics are covered here mirc exploit news this page covers some late breaking news of mirc exploits especially those which have not been patched yet by official fixes from the author trojan horse attacks trojan horses are attractively disguised files which cause harmful consequences if you download and run them e g takeover of your irc channels erasing of your hard disk etc learn more about these attacks and how to undo the damage denial of service attacks nukes denial of service attacks or nukes make networked computers disconnect or crash learn how to defend yourself against these attacks downloading files from irc the biggest threat to irc security ironically has nothing to do with the protocol or software itself it is what people do with irc e g downloading of illegal files this can lead to legal problems trojan horse viruses denial of service attacks etc for your own good learn these hard facts about file trading firewall faq technical discussion of problems involved with using irc from behind a proxy firewall or nat gateway includes links for specific fixes for identd and dcc problems home network security ext link from same source as above but more detailed and technical parent s guides all ext links some sites with good information for parents to ensure their kids are chatting safetly and properly getnetwise this public service is your one stop for helpful guides blocking filtering tools how to report trouble safe sites for kids etc safe kids yet another overall help site a little harder to navigate but has well written articles backdoors in irc backdoors in irc clients scripts bots allow others to gain unauthorized access to your computer to do harm to yourself or others this guide illustrates the dangers of blindly using other people s scripts etc logging and reporting irc abuse how to record abuse on irc and then submit it to an irc operator including advice regarding takeovers flooding nuking profanity etc hackers on irc think you re an irc hacker or want to become one see what it s all about from somebody who actually knows what hacking is all about the content on irchelp org is maintained on github pull requests are welcomed see our contributor s guide for details on how you can help all documents irchelp org or original authors 2016