[CLUE-Tech] IRC Bots

[dan radom]

* Todd A. Gibson (tgibson at augustcouncil.com) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This morning I discovered that someone exploited a hole in some PHP
> software on my server and loaded an IRC Bot
> (http://www.eggheads.org/).  Fortunately I caught it in under 24
> hours, patched the hole, and scubbed away the nastiness.
> 
> I have only used IRC once or twice so I understand it generally, but I
> don't know what the purpose of an IRC bot is.  Anyone care to
> illuminate me?
> 

In general they maintain channel order and enforce bans and rules.  There
are scripts that do just about anything from providing weather info to
sharing files and such.