finite nickname space and being what they are, it's not uncommon for
several people to want to use the same nick. If a nickname is chosen
by two people using this protocol, either one will not succeed or
both will removed by use of a server KILL (See Section 3.7.1).
7.2 Limitation of wildcards
There is no way to escape the escape character "\" (%x5C). While
this isn't usually a problem, it makes it impossible to form a mask
with a backslash character ("\") preceding a wildcard.
7.3 Security considerations
Security issues related to this protocol are discussed in the "IRC
Server Protocol" [IRC-SERVER] as they are mostly an issue for the
server side of the connection.
8. Current support and availability
Mailing lists for IRC related discussion:
General discussion: ircd-users@irc.org
Protocol development: ircd-dev@irc.org
Software implementations:
ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/server
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/unix/irc
ftp://ftp.irc.org/irc/clients
Newsgroup: alt.irc
9. Acknowledgements
Parts of this document were copied from the RFC1459 [IRC] which
first formally documented the IRC Protocol. It has also benefited
from many rounds of review and comments. In particular, the
following people have made significant contributions to this
document:
Matthew Green, Michael Neumayer, Volker Paulsen, Kurt Roeckx, Vesa
Ruokonen, Magnus Tjernstrom, Stefan Zehl.
10. References
[KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC2119, March 1997.
[ABNF] Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
Specifications: ABNF", RFC2234, November 1997.
[HNAME] Braden, R., "Requirements for Internet Hosts --
Application and Support", STD 3, RFC1123, October 1989.
[IRC] Oikarinen, J. & D. Reed, "Internet Relay Chat Protocol",
RFC1459, May 1993.
[IRC-ARCH] Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Architecture", RFC2810,
April 2000.
[IRC-CHAN] Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management", RFC
2811, April 2000.
[IRC-SERVER] Kalt, C., "Internet Relay Chat: Server Protocol", RFC
2813, April 2000.
11. Author's Address
Christophe Kalt
99 Teaneck Rd, Apt #117
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660
USA
EMail: kalt@stealth.net
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