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[jwl at sgi.com (Jim Lynch)]

It doesn't work out of the box or I wouldn't have asked.  

Not a chance of the admins granting exceptions.  They are droids 'just
doing their job' and not risking it.  With 25% reductions in staff each
quarter, no one is going to give up anything.  8(  I may not have to
worry about it come the end of the quarter.  8)

Jim.

Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 03 September 2003 08:58, Jim Lynch wrote:
> > I'm behind a firewall.  Anyone know how to configure irc to work?  Or is
> > it not possible?
> 
> Who controls the firewall? Many admins block the IRC default port range to
> prevent IRC based trojans (which are rather common) from phoning home.
> Generally, exceptions can be made for savvy users on a per machine basis.
> 
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> Jonathan Rickman
> X Corps Security
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