Hi,
could anyone explain what problems can arise, if BUFSIZE is
increased?
#define BUFSIZE 512 /* WARNING: *DONT* CHANGE THIS */
One application (not related to any IRC network) I have would
require support for IRC messages of up to 4KB, so I increased
> could anyone explain what problems can arise, if BUFSIZE is
> increased?
>
> #define BUFSIZE 512 /* WARNING: *DONT* CHANGE THIS */
>
> One application (not related to any IRC network) I have would
> require support for IRC messages of up to 4KB, so I increased
> BUFSIZE is not to be increased on any IRC network unless all clients and
> servers agree on the new value. 512 is the value specified in RFC 1459.
> IRC servers that use a smaller value will drop parameters; IRC clients
> with a smaller value than their server could be crashed, depending on the
> After crashing the server a couple of times, I have found
> that increasing the send-/user-/servbuf-sizes in send.[ch]
> from 2048 to 8192 seems to make it work. I'm not sure
> whether dbuf.c's DBUF_SIZE needs to be increased as well.
> Your guidance on this issue is appreci