Chat: Invitation Only

[BiK3RChiK]

So what's that all about?

[Mental Trousers]

It's what happens when kiddies with botnets turn up. Usually flick it to invite only, ban their bots cos they usually have a couple of hundred running on 2 or 3 machines (often a server that a friend has up and they all run their little botnets thinking they're cool) and leave it for the night.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Invite us, we promise we'll be good.

[BiK3RChiK]

Aren't they just clowns then! Glad it's working now... Here's hoping they'll find some other buzz to get off on!

[martybabe]

It's what happens when kiddies with botnets turn up. Usually flick it to invite only, ban their bots cos they usually have a couple of hundred running on 2 or 3 machines (often a server that a friend has up and they all run their little botnets thinking they're cool) and leave it for the night.

I love you Mr Mental trousers but honestly I don't have a clue what any of that means What on earth is a botnet, why would ya wanna ban a bot, how can a friend have a server and what machines. Admit it, your just making it up to confuse an old b'stard.

[CookMySock]

What on earth is a botnet, why would ya wanna ban a bot

A botnet is a bunch of virus-infected computers communicating with each other and waiting for commands from their master (a person) to attack a website, do a spam email run, or scan a new block of computers to spread itself onto more computers. It's quite intriguing to watch in action. If you ban a bunch of bots/viruses from their communnications channel, you cut the viruses line of communication off and leave them to die, unless they have been engineered to re-establish a new one elsewhere.

http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/ is an underground uber-elite anti-terrorist organisation that fights them. Well, they fight them anyway.

Steve

[martybabe]

A botnet is a bunch of virus-infected computers communicating with each other and waiting for commands from their master (a person) to attack a website, do a spam email run, or scan a new block of computers to spread itself onto more computers. It's quite intriguing to watch in action. If you ban a bunch of bots/viruses from their communnications channel, you cut the viruses line of communication off and leave them to die, unless they have been engineered to re-establish a new one elsewhere.

http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/ is an underground uber-elite anti-terrorist organisation that fights them. Well, they fight them anyway.

Steve

oooooooooooh, the clouds clear a little. thanx mate.