Default sample conf is convenient, not locked down. Do this before you brag about the botnet.
Users
set learn-users 0. Add people with.adduser. If you leave learn-users on, change the hello command offhello.- One
set owner.+non the partyline is god. Do not scatter it. set default-flags ""so new users are not +o+p on arrival.set require-p 1so partyline is explicit.- Strong passwords.
/msg BotNick passin a private message, not a channel.
Auto-op
Do not +a auto-op on a public channel. Hostmasks lie. Op after identify: /msg BotNick op or .op on the partyline.
Listen port
listen 49152 all
set protect-telnet 1
set stealth-telnets 1The listen port is for DCC/partyline/botnet, not for logging into the shell. Shell login is SSH.
Files
chmod 700 ~/botdirand the conf / userfile. Conf has passwords.- Do not share the shell account.
- Keep Eggdrop current (1.9 / 1.10 from geteggdrop.com). Old trees are how people get owned.
Network / AUP
Max 2 IRC connections per shell to a given network. Clones, extra BNCs, and "just one more leaf on the same shell" are how you get the port 6667 welcome mat pulled.
Tcl
.tcl and .set on the partyline are loaded guns. set must-be-owner 1 (or 2). Do not source junk. Tcl.
Sides
If you need NickServ/ChanServ on a net you run, that is an IRCD Shell plus either the KIRE services addon or self-managed Anope — see the Anope article. That is not "put services on a bot shell."
