Understanding IRC?

Ice Rich said:
Thanks for replies, I'm glad im not the only one who thinks mIRC can be quite complicated. :)



Why are you comparing mIRC to Interent Explorer, is it built on the same engine? Therefore hacks for I.E work in ICR (or mIRC)?
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No, the JS exploits used against IE6 allow arbitrary code to be run, the code loads scripts into mIRC that make the client do things without the person using it knowing.

Either that or the code runs on its own, connecting to the network and flooding channels with the same link to the 'image'. Often times people don't know that they've got a problem until they're disconnected by S or T (on Quakenet, anyway)
 
Ice Rich said:
Thanks for replies, I'm glad im not the only one who thinks mIRC can be quite complicated. :)



Why are you comparing mIRC to Interent Explorer, is it built on the same engine? Therefore hacks for I.E work in ICR (or mIRC)?
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No, IE and mIRC are completely different, IE6 just has lot's of vulnerabilities. As long as you don't use IE6, you can click on links.
 
Moredhel said:
No, the JS exploits used against IE6 allow arbitrary code to be run, the code loads scripts into mIRC that make the client do things without the person using it knowing.

Either that or the code runs on its own, connecting to the network and flooding channels with the same link to the 'image'. Often times people don't know that they've got a problem until they're disconnected by S or T (on Quakenet, anyway)
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Ahh i see. So I.E was used as a 'Gateway' for the attacks and then worked its way into mIRC? Is that one of the reasons everyone hates I.E?
Does firefox work on a completely different code which is harder to hack?
 
Kainz said:
mIRC > all chat clients :D
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It depends what you're after really, mirc is what everyone seems to be introduced to, but xchat has more features, and IRSSI is more convenient if you're a *nix geek like me. :)

Both blow mirc out of the water when it comes to scriptability because they use well known languages like perl, ruby, python and c++ for plugins and scripts, while mIRC uses it's own proprietary language (usually dubbed MSL or mIRC Scripting Language)
 
Thanks for replies,

Whilst on topic (I think), what does usernet mean? I've often herd people say how great usernet was so it seems like its had it peak, is it related to IRC?

Thanks
 
Ice Rich said:
Thanks for replies,

Whilst on topic (I think), what does usernet mean? I've often herd people say how great usernet was so it seems like its had it peak, is it related to IRC?

Thanks
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Are you sure you're not talking about usenet? That's file sharing, not IRC. There could be a usernet IRC network that I've not heard of though.
 
Usenet is newsgroups (basically). There's text newsgroups which came after BBS but before the Web, which were the forerunner to todays internet forums (such as this one). There are also binary newsgroups which contain pretty much anything.
 
ISPs sometimes provide basic access to text newsgroups, but if you want to download stuff then you will proberly have to pay.

IRC and usenet are both forms of communication, but there isnt a great deal in common other then that. Usenet is more commonly used for less then legal activitys due to anonimity, where as IRC is more often used for real time chat.
 
Dist said:
ISPs sometimes provide basic access to text newsgroups, but if you want to download stuff then you will proberly have to pay.

IRC and usenet are both forms of communication, but there isnt a great deal in common other then that. Usenet is more commonly used for less then legal activitys due to anonimity, where as IRC is more often used for real time chat.
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Thanks :)
 
I miss the days of IRC being widespread, it seems to be hardly used with communities/gamers these days with the advent of Xfire, Steam chat etc. Gone are the evenings of hoping in and out of IRC to organise clan matches! :(
 
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