Comment by rhizome
13 years ago
IRC is a fine protocol and there are fairly straightforward methods for providing authenticated and encrypted access to private IRC servers.
13 years ago
IRC is a fine protocol and there are fairly straightforward methods for providing authenticated and encrypted access to private IRC servers.
Indeed. The client "mIRC" has a few well-known security bugs and hasn't been maintained for ages, but there indeed is nothing wrong with the protocol when using more modern clients. It can be as secure as necessary through various extensions, and ofcourse running it over SSL.