FAO IRC users

[eggy]

Have heard about a lot of "hacking" attempts via IP's derrived from IRC channels. There is a simple and effective way of preventing your IP being shown, without the need for a shell account.

This applies to Quakenet

Add to perform, or type in status window:

/mode <nick> +x

...where <nick> is your IRC nick-name, without the brackets.

/whois before
JoBloggs is <userid@router.isp.com> * Jo Bloggs <-- DODGY!!
JoBloggs on #straightlove
JoBloggs using *.quakenet.org QuakeNet IRC Server
JoBloggs is authed as JoJoJo
JoBloggs End of /WHOIS list.

/whois after
JoBloggs is <userid@Qlogin.users.quakenet.org * Jo Bloggs <-- SAFE!!
JoBloggs on #straightlove
JoBloggs using *.quakenet.org QuakeNet IRC Server
JoBloggs is authed as JoJoJo
JoBloggs End of /WHOIS list.

(Just a random example above - won't look exactly like that.)

This will prevent a DNS lookup on your hostname, thus hiding your IP.

You will probably have to be authed with Q to get this to work.

Hope that helps - suggest you all use it.

 

[Ging]

such a rep whore rod

 

[eggy]

Just trying to help people out.

Maybe I'm nice

Hang on I can't be, I'm in Synzergy!!! :eek2:

 

[Dukat]

I've been wondering about this actually, saved me a websearch - rep

 

[Righthandof]

just use a firewall and dinamic ip addy ^^

 

[eggy]

just use a firewall and dinamic ip addy ^^

I'm not suggesting this is a replacement for a firewall...everyone should use a firewall (try ZoneAlarm), but this is an easy and quick measure to prevent DNS lookup on IRC.

 

[Pipppi]

Just trying to help people out.

Maybe I'm nice

Hang on I can't be, I'm in Synzergy!!! :eek2:

yes rly makes you think doesnt it

 

[Zephyd]

/mode $me +x

for whatever nick... F

 

[Arethir]

such a rep whore rod

Indeed! But he does deserve them for doing all the hard work he does!

 

[Ging]

Indeed! But he does deserve them for doing all the hard work he does!

true and he works even harder in the bedroom after he "gets on" beeks

 

[Calo]

good to post it here, tho normal irc users should know about that.

 

[adoNix]

Did know it but nice of you to post it because evroyne dont know have some rep!

 

[Gamah]

always used +x since I first started using QN back in the cs days (7 or so years iirc)

 

[Carter]

lolz someone is begging for reps

 

[Tualatin]

You'll need to be authed with Q on quakenet tho, in order to use that.

/msg Q hello

 

[adoNix]

You'll need to be authed with Q on quakenet tho, in order to use that.

/msg Q hello

well ;p you might want to write youre email aswell

/msg Q hello youre@mail.adress youre @ mail. adress

write youre own email instead of youre@mail.adress.

 

[Carter]

write youre own email instead of youre@mail.adress

yourown@mail.adress

 

[Simba]

I'm not suggesting this is a replacement for a firewall...everyone should use a firewall (try ZoneAlarm), but this is an easy and quick measure to prevent DNS lookup on IRC.

Zonealarm will only protect you from Denial of Serivce attacks, but if you have recently updated M$ win, then its only annoying because it will prompt each of your progrs once to permit or deny it from net, but none of the firewalls can protect you flood based attacks, it can just log it.

hiding ip address is really important on irc, but there are several more ways to get it, like dcc chat, dcc filesend, or ip can be get threw msn, icq, skype too, or even your address can be logged from a website too.

I don't remeber that if i ever wanted to get an ip and i haven't got it.

Best protection is to use a linux firewall with iptraf. In iptraf you can see if someone is nuking or flooding you and then you can attack back

 

[adoNix]

yourown@mail.adress

.. i bet people understood what i wrote so

 

[Nate]

very nice, sticky imo

 

[Kaun_IA]

still can rep you.....

 

[boppas]

A good hacker who knows his/her (& yup there are many female hackers out there! ) *stuff* can get your IP from IRC with no probs even when masked.

Same goes for firewalls, a hacker will have no problem bringing down or bypassing your firewall to gain access to your pc.

Most viruses (the more clever ones ) are coded to take down known firewalls & therefore are programmed to SEARCH for for IP's hiding behind firewalls... to put it bluntly.. Firewalls ATTRACT viruses ...im not saying dont use one, because that would be dumb as every second your ports are probably probed 100's of times by "script kiddy" viruses which your firewall will do a fine job of

Back in the days of *uber* 56k i used to run a program that would bounce back incomming threats, this was a nice tool to say the least for the nubtard kiddys who would try send xxxx amount of packets to try disonnect me \o/

what im saying is...if a hacker knows what they are doing (not some muppet who goes to <insert url here> to d/load a kiddy script) then they will gain access to your pc no matter what.

& the info in this topic is good for any noob to IRC as it will stop nubtards trying to be clever wit noob scripts

 

[Labbe]

A good hacker who knows his/her (& yup there are many female hackers out there! ) *stuff* can get your IP from IRC with no probs even when masked.

Same goes for firewalls, a hacker will have no problem bringing down or bypassing your firewall to gain access to your pc.

Most viruses (the more clever ones ) are coded to take down known firewalls & therefore are programmed to SEARCH for for IP's hiding behind firewalls... to put it bluntly.. Firewalls ATTRACT viruses ...im not saying dont use one, because that would be dumb as every second your ports are probably probed 100's of times by "script kiddy" viruses which your firewall will do a fine job of

Back in the days of *uber* 56k i used to run a program that would bounce back incomming threats, this was a nice tool to say the least for the nubtard kiddys who would try send xxxx amount of packets to try disonnect me \o/

what im saying is...if a hacker knows what they are doing (not some muppet who goes to <insert url here> to d/load a kiddy script) then they will gain access to your pc no matter what.

& the info in this topic is good for any noob to IRC as it will stop nubtards trying to be clever wit noob scripts

All this might be true. But I don't see why a 'real hacker' would find your or my computer interesting enough to even try.

 

[Phoebee-v-]

I'm not suggesting this is a replacement for a firewall...everyone should use a firewall (try ZoneAlarm), but this is an easy and quick measure to prevent DNS lookup on IRC.

Please....ZA is the biggest piece of shit there is on the firewall market. Working for a ISP I would say about 90% of the problems related to firewalls is caused by ZA. If you want a firewall get a real one or a hardware FW. :touch:

Edit: What the heck does this have to do with RvR?

 

[Tiarta]

Please....ZA is the biggest piece of shit there is on the firewall market. Working for a ISP I would say about 90% of the problems related to firewalls is caused by ZA. If you want a firewall get a real one or a hardware FW. :touch:

Edit: What the heck does this have to do with RvR?

what software firewall can you recommend ?

im using Sygate Firewall personal PRO 5.5 would that one be ok ?

 

[Phoebee-v-]

what software firewall can you recommend ?

im using Sygate Firewall personal PRO 5.5 would that one be ok ?

Well I won't say anything speciall cause then you will only blame me if something f***s up. But I just wanted to hand out a warning for zonealarm cause my experiance of that program is all but good(Sure we got clients that uses it w/o problem but we see alot more of that FW causing problem then any other FW I know)

 

[Flimgoblin]

& the info in this topic is good for any noob to IRC as it will stop nubtards trying to be clever wit noob scripts

indeed but there's the whole principle of "escaping from lion" at work here.

I don't need to be faster than the lion, just faster than the guy next to me.

 

[MaCaBr3]

Cisco 801 -> NAT -> Watchguard Soho firewall -> NAT

Haxx me pwease

 

[boppas]

All this might be true. But I don't see why a 'real hacker' would find your or my computer interesting enough to even try.

If you annoy them in some way!

That gimp you just zerged in HW was the same 12 yr old spotty gimp that haxxed NASA a few yrs back ^^

j/k but u get my drift!

 

[boppas]

what software firewall can you recommend ?

im using Sygate Firewall personal PRO 5.5 would that one be ok ?

Sygate pro is a decent s/ware f/wall, although it can be fiddly to setup for a novice if u have a network, but imo a good fwall.

Norton on the other hand, is a pile of shit that causes more conflicts/problems with software than any other f/wall ive ever used, not to mention it chews up resources in the background.

im just using sygate pro & h/ware one thats built into my router.

If you dont want any virsues...dont use the net, simple as that tbh.. Virsues been part of the net since the net began & sooner or later you WILL get some sort of virus, could be a harmless (but annoying one) or could be one that can damage some of your hardware, thats the net 4ya tbh.