I want to host a 24/7/365 home server for an IRC that can hold up to 100 or so people.I thought building a machine to do this would be fairly cheap but I saw some people recommending some pre-built ones that cost upwards of 700$ (Synology DS920+).I also saw people saying that your IRC server can be very easily hacked into to access your network.My purpose is a simple chatroom with file sharing and maybe the ability for embedding images, gifs and video (like discord).How valid are the dangers and how do I go about it?
https://landchad.net/irc/
>>1461239The problem is in getting hacked and your bandwidth will then be used.
If you don't know what you're doing, it's probably best to just leave it to someone else.
