why not stick characters that are considered text format control characters to a large number of clients (in mirc these characters are accessed via ctrl + [b|r|k|u]) into the list of characters not allowed in channel names?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of BobsKC Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 10:10 AM To: Py Fivestones; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Coder-Com] Re: Fwd: [Cservice] Channel spoofing ability The problem has been around forever but is only becoming a serious problem now that we have so many people trying to get guests to give them their passwords. I have sent the problem over to the network coders with an explanation as to why it is a problem and what the severity level is. I'll stay on top of it until resolved. Bob At 02:10 AM 3/12/2002 -0500, Py Fivestones wrote: >This came to cservice, and I know this topic has come up before. Is there >a hard code fix for this? Could and should there be? Yes this is primarily >a problem with Mirc users but it's a common "exploit" of Undernet's >services. It seems people have now found a new use for this, spamming to >get innocent channels in trouble with cservice and IRCops. >stoney` > >>From: "Brian Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: [Cservice] Channel spoofing ability >>Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 02:20:13 -0500 >>X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 >>Importance: Normal >>Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Reply-To: "Brian Gonzalez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Greetings, >> >> >> >>I would like to submit a suggestion about the Channel creating abilities >>of the Undernet network. It appears that there has been user who have >>discovered the ability to include format codes into the channel names for >>instance A channel that looks like #Cservice can be created by typing >>/join #(ctrl-k)Cservice and the person appears to be a channel op in the >>channel #Cservice. Which in reality it is a new channel the user just >>formed. Our channel has had some users perpetrating to be ops in our >>channel by performing this method. And then going around and Spamming >>other channels. >> >>Which ofcourse creates a lot of angry channel ops/managers. If this >>could be disabled it would be a great benefit to help cut down on some of >>the malicious activity that has be going on throughout the Undernet IRC >>Network. >> >> >> >>Best Regards, >> >> >> >>Concerned Cservice user. (TomyBoy) > >Py Fivestones >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
