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Re: newbie questions: fee estimation, file size prediction, ISP blocking
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MoonShadow
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19/04/2011, 01:19:52 UTC
Quote from: Rena on April 19, 2011, 01:05:27 AM
I wonder if an attacker could harm the network by taking over the IRC server it uses?
Not for long. IRC is not a critical aspect of the system. IT's not even part of the protocol, and is only used as a peer discovery method that is not exclusive.