Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by weberer 829 days ago
You connect to a server, not a peer. Your client does no uploading.
2 comments
Avamander 829 days ago
The client receiving will connect to the one sharing the file. Routing the data through the IRC network would be unreasonable. This reveals your IP, which is kinda bad.

https://www.tg007.net/archive/tutorials/showdocca03.html

link
crtasm 829 days ago
DCC stands for Direct Client to Client
link