ircd-hybrid release notification - ircd-hybrid-7.2.3

[Lee H]

On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 05:51:19AM -0500, William Pitcock wrote:
> +C is an 'extended' connection notice mode which is designed to be parsed 
> by scripts. It is used by EFnet's dronemon, and contains some additional 
> features such as the two (now unused) fields passed to the USER command 
> during initial client handshake. The information is useful for detecting 
> drones as they usually put worthless junk in those fields while clients 
> put more legitimate information there.

I am sure efnet will thank you for explaining in detail just how we use +C 
to help try and combat drones, and giving an example of how to try and 
avoid it.

-- 
-                 Lee H // anfl
-        I code, therefore I break things.
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