TurboIRC Services

Services are internet tools that allow you to accept some type of connections . For example , the machine that you send your mail is running a service . TurboIRC can run up to 3 services , that are most used on IRC :

• FINGER Service . This listens to port 79 , accept connections and replies with your FINGER defined string . See Preferences .
• IDENT Service . Some IRC networks require that you have this service enabled . You can modify the reply string using Preferences . Your network should provide you with further information.
• NUKE Service . This is not actually a service . It is a try to avoid nukes over a network . "Nuke" is a program that sends a string to port 139 , taking advantage of a bug of Ms Windows 95 and Ms Windows NT , causing them to crash . By installing the service , you are not anymore exposed to that bug . You don't need the service if you have installed the TCP/IP Patch of Windows 95 or the Service Pack for NT , or you have Windows 98 installed .

Services can only start if no other program in your system does such services . So , if you see a message "cannot start service" , do not panic ; another program is handling this service .

You may select if you want to see service requests and errors , using Preferences . Please also note that any machine can query you of a FINGER or an IDENT , not only IRC networks . For example , my mail server queries me by connecting to my IDENT server .