Hi.  I am interested in giving my BBS users access to IRC.  I've looked at
various alternatives to giving access to Telnet but I think that using
Cygwin/BitchX may be the best alternative.  Unfortunately I am not sure if
there are any ways to temporarly access the cloned UNIX shell in cygwin (bash).
 Basically, for all you DOS users out there I'm wanting to make sure that users
can't shell to DOS from BitchX.  Now, I should be able to run BitchX using the
cygwin UNIX emulator and routing it through the DOORWAY 2.31 program.
 
If BitchX does in fact allow for shelling-to-DOS / going to BASH what would you
suggest as an alternative IRC client for BBSs (I'd want one that supports
DOOR.SYS, DOOR32.SYS, or DORINFO1.DEF as I'm using an EleBBS software package).
 
Further, if there are any programmers out there that find that there is a way
to get to BASH from BitchX, additional code to be added to the BitchX source
would be appreciated as this could be added to the BitchX source tree.  Ie.
source code that would allow for an option to be passed to BitchX that would
disable using BASH, making the program more appropriate as a BBS door.
 
Thanks for your suggestions and comments and help.
 
Sincerely,
wsbg
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