Description
This indicates an attempt to use Internet Relay Chat (IRC).Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. The clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages and data transfer, including file sharing.
Affected Products
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Impact
Network bandwidth consumption
Technology
Browser-Based, Network-Protocol, Client-Server, Peer-to-Peer, Cloud-Based, Mobile-Device
Behavior
- Reasonable
Default Ports
- TCP/6660-6669