How to setup an IRC Eggdrop?

–[ What is EggDrop? ]– Note: This is taken from the readme file of EggDrop 1.3.28 Eggdrop is an IRC bot, written in C. If you don’t know what IRC is, this is probably not whatever you’re looking for! Eggdrop, being a bot, sits on a channel and takes protective measures: to keep the channel […]

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An Architectural Overview of UNIX Network Security

1. Introduction The goal of this paper is to present my concept of a UNIX network security architecture based on the Internet connectivity model and Firewall approach to implementing security. This paper defines several layers of a firewall, which depict the layers of vulnerability. This paper also provides some subjective comments on some of the […]

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Active FTP vs. Passive FTP, a Definitive Explanation

Active FTP is beneficial to the FTP server admin, but detrimental to the client side admin. The FTP server attempts to make connections to random high ports on the client, which would almost certainly be blocked by a firewall on the client side. Passive FTP is beneficial to the client, but detrimental to the FTP […]

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