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Well, this is why I wanted to make a module for opers to do a challenge/response login. Challenge/response authentication is one method of authentication recommended by CERT.ORG, and is believed by many to be far more secure than any other method. I've started with a simple one that works for one ...

All IPs can be spoofed. Don't think an anti-spoofing device will prevent people from spoofing your IP. IP headers can be modified quite easily. I know you won't believe me here, but I could show proof. However, I *could* show proof, but I won't, simply because I don't want to let everyone know how ...

You probably don't ever want to set those values any higher than they already are (32 is probably the max). Setting them lower, for example, to make nicknames comply with RFC1459, you can edit struct.h and change "#define NICKLEN 30" to "#define NICKLEN 9".

There are a few things to consider before ...

Using easy passwords for server linking is very bad. Imagine if someone spoofed the IP, and then connected to your server, sending RAW IRC commands like SERVER... to initiate a server<-->server connection. You wouldn't want your IRC network hijacked over something simple that could be avoided by ...

There really is no "gmake". When you install GNU Make from the source code, it installs the binary to /usr/local/bin/make by default unless you specify a different prefix. Try doing this to install Unreal:

/usr/local/bin/make all


Edit: installing GNU Make through a package system, for example ...

Ok, thanks, I've uploaded my module now.

I go to http://64.84.10.70:81/index.php?page=modules and login. Upon clicking "submit" or any other link, I'm no longer logged in.