“Our development committee is currently testing our new IPv6 IRC server located at ipv6.gamesurge.net. If you have an IPv6 connection you might want to download this patch for Mirc that will allow you to connect to GameSurge via the IPv6 protocol”, the GameSurge website reports.
IPv6 support is one of the new features of ircu2.10.12, the IRC deamon which is also in use on the Undernet network.
Since a few days channel managers of XXX password channels on DALnet have been directed to read this page. “You have been directed to this page because you are listed as founder on a channel which has been reported to us as a location where passwords for adult sites are traded”, the page starts.
Users of the Undernet network have noticed the site has been down for a few days. The website had an old calendar PHP script which was unused, but never deleted from the site.
“The calendar had an exploit that allowed users to read local files on the server by issuing local commands thought the php query string”, the admin of the Undernet website magic explained IRC-Junkie in a reaction.
“The website is running in a jail so he was unable to get anything of importance. He was able to read a very old sql dump where all password except two test passwords was encrypted using MD5.”
A university in New York is going to be working on a program to analyse IRC chat which is being funded by the CIA channeled through the National Science Foundation. This document outlines the project including the sum of money involved which is $157673 USD.
“The aim of this proposal is to develop new techniques for information gathering, analysis and modeling of chatroom communications”, the document explains. What the document did not lined out was that it was the CIA who was behind the funding.
Leland Jameson, NSF programme director said last Wednesday that the two year program will probably not see a new term.
“As you may have noticed, earlier today the password for every Q account was changed. This was due to a suspected leak of some encrypted passwords from the QuakeNet website, shortly beforehand, causing the passwords to be changed as a precautionary measure whilst we investigated”, magpie reports at the QuakeNet website.
The site also recommends that if you use this same password for other services, on IRC or not, to change those passwords as well.
“We would like to assure users that we are working hard to ensure this cannot happen again, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused”, magpie finishes.
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