Directory:PsyBNC

Template:Infobox Software psyBNC is an IRC network bouncer or BNC. psy is short for psychoid, the original creator of psyBNC. BNC is short for bouncer, a method of "bouncing" through a server to cloak your hostname.

psyBNC is a very easy to use BNC[1][2] and became popular (especially on FreeBSD[3]) by gaining significance due to the unique way it worked. Unlike any other BNC software available at the time, psyBNC could stay connected to IRC, even when you detach your IRC client from the BNC. psyBNC was the first bouncer to support this feature. Today, most IRC bouncers have this feature.


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Features include multiple users in one BNC; ability to change your vhost on the fly; scripting support (basic); logging; identd spoofing via oidentd[4]; multi server support; and recently IPv6 and SSL support.[5] The software runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, Solaris and with some modifications also on Microsoft Windows.

Since 2008 psyBNC has four additional developers who go under the aliases of Arakis, Chaot, iceblox, and inFECT.[6]

Malicious use

psyBNC running on a machine without the knowledge of the user may be a backdoor or trojan into the machine or part of a Denial of Service (DOS) Attack, Zombie Network, or botnet.[7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

  • Google hacking for penetration testers, Johnny Long and Ed Skoudis, Page 272, ISBN 1931836361
  • Securing IM and P2P applications for the enterprise, Paul L. Piccard and Marcus H. Sachs, Page 380, ISBN 1597490172

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