[IRCServices] Services Protocol for InspIRCd 1.2

Robin Burchell surreal.w00t at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 02:32:11 PST 2007


To clarify exactly what this does..

Each server has a unique ID (e.g. 000), and each user additionally has
their own ID (e.g. AAAAAA). The two are combined to make a unique
identifier which is then used network-wide for all server to server
traffic.

e.g.

:000AAAAAA KILL 001AAAAAA :spammer! get off the network

instead of
:Admin KILL spammer :spammer! get off my network.

Another example is that instead of KILLing users on nick collision, we
may simply force them to their UID. A useful feature for services
authors will be to do the same instead of rolling their own guest
nicks.

Further discussion on what this is and examples of problems it solves
can be found at http://www.inspircd.org/wiki/Development/UID

On Nov 11, 2007 1:22 PM, Craig Edwards <brain at winbot.co.uk> wrote:
> Yes the 1.2 protocol is different to 1.1.
> The 1.2 release isnt even due for beta until at least the new year,
> there is no rush, however, please note that the 1.2 protocol uses UUID
> for identifying clients. This prevents a whole boatload of race
> conditions that plague irc, but makes it slightly difficult for services
> authors. A hash that associates uuids with nicks and servers would be
> required.
>
> Brain
>
>
> Casey wrote:
> > Hi Andrew
> >
> > I haven't got InspIRCd 1.2 - it is being worked on.
> >
> > I would have thought the protocol would need to be updated for 1.2
> >
> >
> > - Casey
> >
> >
> >
> > Andrew Church wrote:
> >>> Will the Services Protocol for InspIRCd 1.2 be coming soon?
> >>>
> >> Does the current protocol module not work with InspIRCd 1.2?  If not,
> >> I'll look into updating it.
> >>
> >>   --Andrew Church
> >>     achurch at achurch.org
> >>     http://achurch.org/
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