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Ask HN: How secure/private is IRC?
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Re: Ask HN: How secure/private is IRC?
#2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irc#Modern_IRC
If you use it through ssh/SSL it is ok.
Re: Ask HN: How secure/private is IRC?
#3The first 2 things that come to mind:
Whoever can connect, can log.
Even though an authenticated user's host may be masked, in the server logs they might appear in plaintext.