Incapsula innovative DDoS Protection techniques

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IRC Bot Detection

This host seems to be running an ident server, but before any request is sent, the server gives an answer about a connection to port 6667. It is very likely this system has been compromised by an IRC bot and is now a 'zombie' that can participate in 'distributed denial of service' DDoS attacks...

IRC Bot ident Server Detection

This host seems to be running an ident server, but the ident server responds to an empty query with a random userid. This behavior may be indicative of an IRC bot, worm and/or virus infection. It is very likely this system has been compromised. IRC bot ident server detection Created: 9/22/04 Last...