[IRCServices] AKILL *@* Lame IRCops Protection.

[Andrew Kempe]

This is a general reply to this thread....

I've implemented a system whereby Services is configured to look for a
certain number of periods (".") in the akill mask. If the mask is too
general, and has fewer than the required periods, the mask is rejected.

I'll probably also check if the mask is globally matching one (i.e. matches
everything) and reject it too.

This will only be available in the next major release of IRC Services - ETA
is currently a month or two.

Andrew

	(back to the books, exams and large quantities of coffee)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
> [mailto:owner-ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Sent: 01 October 1999 17:03
> To: ircservices at ender.shadowfire.org
> Subject: Re: [IRCServices] AKILL *@* Lame IRCops Protection.
>
>
>
> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Jozenobio de Melo Brasil wrote:
>
> > 	I has maked a good protection for services if lame ircops try
> > akill *@*... this protection can be used on akick too.
> >
> > 	Thanks all... :)
> >
> >         /* Lame IRCops Protection by Jozeph'99 */
> >         if (s) {
> >             s++;
> >             i = 0;
> >                 while (*s) {
> >                     if (*s != '*' && *s != '.')
> >                         i++;
> >                         s++;
> Note: This line is indented wrong, s++ isn't dependent on the if
> statement!
> >                 }
> >                 if (i<4) {
> >                     wallops(s_OperServ, "%s tried to akill add %s!",
> >                             u->nick, mask);
> >                         return;
> >                 }
> >         }
> >         /* End Lame IRCops Protection */
>
> If I understand right, this looks for any non-wildcard characters in the
> mask, and counts how many, which is good... but why not eliminate @ and !
> as well, and make the test i < 1 or 1 < 2?  Of course, then there's the
> question of what the shortest reasonable akill is... is akilling *@*.uk
> reasonable? *@*.net?  Maybe it should stay at i < 4, but exclude the @
> too, that way the shortest bans possible would be stuff like *@a*.net or
> *@*.co.uk... perhaps even require 5 chars?
>
> I think it would be good to add this patch, or perhaps a slight
> modification of it, to services.  Should log the attempt though, not just
> wallop it, so that it can be verified later if no one with sufficient
> authority is on when it happens.  (e.g. only one irc op is on when they do
> this...)
>
> --Kevin
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