[IRCServices Coding] call to introduce_users

fabulous fabulous at t7ds.com.br
Sun Jun 2 11:51:33 PDT 2002


PTlink.. which is based on hybrid.. (hey, bahamut is based on hybrid too..)
it does process the data in the order it came.. but the protocol says
that the linking ircd should wait to confirm the password.. :]
come on, it's a tiny patch :P

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Andrew Church wrote:

>>Something that's not very important, but has caused a bit of trouble for 
>>me is the time when introduce_users is called.
>>IRCServices (4.x or 5.x) should wait for the hub to reply the 
>>password(and compare it, why not?) before sending it's pseudo-clients 
>>(nickserv,chanserv,etc).
>>
>>Actually it sends it's SERVER information and right after start flooding 
>>the hub with its client information without waiting for the 'PASS' command.
>>This create a problem with some ircds that won't accept this initial 
>>flood and will just ignore it causing a introduce_user loop right after 
>>the linking.
>>    
>>
>
>     Can you give me a specific example (ircd)?  I thought that all ircds
>simply processed data in the order it came in without regard for timing,
>and started sending the netburst on receipt of the SERVER message.
>
>  --Andrew Church
>    achurch at achurch.org
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