Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org> writes: > No, it's _not_ harmless. Those are usually signs of IRC bots used to > handle the system remotely. Ever heard of botnets? By the way, the Honeynet Project recently released this excellent paper on botnets: <URL: http://honeynet.org/papers/bots/> -- ,''`. : :' : Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@debian.org> `. `' http://people.debian.org/~rfrancoise/ `-