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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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(c)2001-2003 by Alexander Barton,
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alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
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ngIRCd is free software and published under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License.
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-- Protocol.txt --
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I. Compatibility
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The ngIRCd implements the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) protocol version 2.10
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as defined in RFC ("request for comment") 1459 and 2810-2813. These (and
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probably further relevant RFCs) are listed in doc/RFC.txt.
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Unfortunately, even the "original" ircd doesn't follow these specifications
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in all details. But because the ngIRCd should be a fully compatible
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replacement for this server ("ircd") it tries to emulate these differences.
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If you don't like this behavior please ./configure the ngIRCd using the
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"--enable-strict-rfc" command line option. But keep in mind: not all IRC
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clients are compatible with a server configured that way, some can't even
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connect at all! Therefore this option usually isn't desired for "normal
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server operation".
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II. The IRC+ Protocol
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Starting with version 0.5.0, the ngIRCd extends the original IRC protocol
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as defined in RFC 2810-2813. This enhanced protocol is named "IRC+". It is
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backwards compatible to the "plain" IRC protocol and will only be used by
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the ngIRCd if it detects that the peer supports it as well.
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The "PASS" command is used to detect the protocol and peer versions see
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RFC 2813 (section 4.1.1) and below.
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II.1 Register new server link
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Command: PASS
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Parameters: <password> <version> <flags> [<options>]
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Used by: servers only (with these parameters)
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<password> is the password for this new server link as defined in the server
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configuration which is sent to the peer or received from it.
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<version> consists of two parts and is at least 4, at most 14 characters
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long: the first four bytes contain the IRC protocol version number, whereas
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the first two bytes represent the major version, the last two bytes the
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minor version (the string "0210" indicates version 2.10, e.g.).
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The following optional(!) 10 bytes contain an implementation-dependent
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version number. Servers supporting the IRC+ protocol as defined in this
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document provide the string "-IRC+" here.
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Example for <version>: "0210-IRC+".
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<flags> consists of two parts separated with the character "|" and is at
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most 100 bytes long. The first part contains the name of the implementation
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(ngIRCd sets this to "ngircd", the original ircd to "IRC", e.g.). The second
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part is implementation-dependent and should only be parsed if the peer
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supports the IRC+ protocol as well. In this case the following syntax is
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used: "<serverversion>[:<serverflags>]".
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<serverversion> is an ASCII representation of the clear-text server version
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number, <serverflags> indicates the supported IRC+ protocol extensions (and
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may be empty!).
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The following <serverflags> are defined at the moment:
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- C: The server supports the CHANINFO command.
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- L: INVITE- and BAN-lists should be synchronized between servers: if the
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peer understands this flag, it will send "MODE +I" and "MODE +b"
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commands after the server link has been established.
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- o: IRC operators are allowed to change channel- and channel-user-modes
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even if they aren't channel-operator of the affected channel.
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- Z: Compressed server links are supported by the server.
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Example for a complete <flags> string: "ngircd|0.7.5:CZ".
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The optional parameter <options> is used to propagate server options as
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defined in RFC 2813, section 4.1.1.
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II.2 Exchange channel-modes, topics, and persistent channels
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Command: CHANINFO
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Parameters: <channel> +<modes> <key> <limit> [<topic>]
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Used by: servers only
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CHANINFO is used by servers to inform each other about a channel: its
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modes, channel key, user limits and its topic. <topic> is optional.
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If the channel already exists on the server receiving the CHANINFO command,
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it only adopts the <modes> (or the <topic>) if there are no modes (or topic)
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already set. It there are already values set the server ignores the
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corresponding parameter.
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If the channel doesn't exists at all it will be created.
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The parameter <key> must be ignored if a channel has no key (the parameter
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<modes> doesn't list the "k" channel mode). In this case <key> should
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contain "*" because the parameter <key> is required by the CHANINFO syntax
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and therefore can't be omitted. The parameter <limit> must be ignored when
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a channel has no user limit (the parameter <modes> doesn't list the "l"
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channel mode). In this case <limit> should be "0".
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--
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$Id: Protocol.txt,v 1.13 2005/08/27 19:00:06 alex Exp $
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