> IRC's use of ping/pong has been used many times in the past in peer DoS > attacks - however that is neither here nor there.
Attacking users on IRC is using CTCP PING which is different. CTCP's are a client to client protocol and as such aren't really part of the IRC core protocol and IRC servers (usually[1]) don't realise they even exist. The IRC Server uses a different protocol for it's keep alive and for some servers, no spoof pings. Perhaps having the server optionally enable turn on TCP Keepalives with setsockopt(... SO_KEEPALIVE ...) would be a better all round solution. [1]: Some IRC servers filter them, process them or do other strange things. None of the "Big 5" do. -- TRANSACTION CANCELLED - FARECARD RETURNED _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
