Hosting Chat Communities

Network Security

You can provide basic security for a chat community by making the following modifications on the chat community's General tab:

Under Connection limits, the Maximum total connections and Maximum anonymous connections boxes allow you to control the number of connections to the chat community. The number in Maximum total connections must be larger than or equal to the number in Maximum anonymous connections.
Note Maximum total connections for each chat community on the server can also be set on the IRCX Properties Chat Community tab. If the value set on the chat community's General tab is different from the one set on the IRCX Properties Chat Community tab, the server will choose the lesser of the two values.
Clearing the Accept new connections check box does not affect active connections, but allows you to lessen the number of users on the chat community naturally.

Modifications on the community's Security tab allow you to designate security permissions for the chat community.

User Authentication

Entries on the chat community's Authentication tab allow you to specify an acceptable authentication method.

If you select the Anonymous access check box, the least amount of security is provided, since no password will be required from users logging on to the chat community.
If you select the Basic authentication check box, the chat user will be required to log on from the chat client with a password, using the Pass or User commands.
If you select the Windows security package check box, this activates a Windows 2000 SSPI package on your server. Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) is the standard security package supported.
Note The SSPI package in use must be compatible with your chat client. (A chat user can verify the SSPI package in use on the server from the chat client using the Ircx command.)

The presence of a compatible SSPI package on the server requires the chat client to automatically begin the logon process with the AUTH command.

User Classes and Bans

You can also create a user class or establish a user ban to provide chat network security by imposing restrictions on classes of users or by banning individual users.