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| Stable release | 2.3.2-9 / October 22, 2008 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | IRC bouncer |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.psybnc.at |
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 and became popular (especially on FreeBSD) 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.
Features include multiple users in one BNC; ability to change your vhost on the fly; scripting support (basic); logging; identd spoofing via oidentd; multi server support; and recently IPv6 support.
psyBNC now has four additional developers who go under the aliases of Arakis, Chaot, iceblox, and inFECT.
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.
References
- Ubuntu.com psyBNC documentation; retrieved 14 September 2008.
- Freshports irc/psyBNC; retrieved 14 September 2008.
- http://www.psybnc.at/faq.html#q16
- psybnc.at About psyBNC; retrieved 14 September 2008.
- psybnc.at Next psyBNC Version will be released by a new Development Team.; retrieved 14 September 2008.
- IST University of Waterloo: Information Systems and Technology security bulletin; retrieved 14 September 2008.
- NPG Mailing list posting documenting the use of psyBNC in botnets; retrieved 14 September 2008.
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