While we're thinking about possible enhancements to iauth (c.f., the discussion about letting iauth also handle server links), I'd be interested in seeing a new local IRC protocol message to allow opers to issue commands to iauth...and, obviously, some way for iauth to reply (reusing the 'C' iauth message doesn't seem like a good idea for this...). Maybe something like:
Server side: c - Command from IRC operator Syntax: <id> c :<command string> Example: 100 c :lock This server is being restarted for an update. States: NORMAL Next State: - Comments: Conveys a command from an IRC operator issued via the /IAUTH IRC protocol message. The command string is free-form text. The iauth instance should apply access checks to the client in question; ircd only guarantees that the user issuing the command is an IRC operator. Compatibility: This is an undernet extension and ircd does not send this command. IAuth side: r - Reply to a specific user. Syntax: r <id> <remoteip> <remoteport> :<reply text> Example: r 100 192.168.1.10 23367 :Incoming connections locked. States: NORMAL Next State: - Comments: Conveys a reply to a command issued by an IRC operator via the c server message. The reply text will be sent to the specified user. Compatibility: This is an Undernet extension and ircd does not support this message. The IRC protocol command would simply be: IAUTH :lock This server is being restarted for an update. (And, of course, would be an IRC operator-only command...) (For reference, the hypothetical 'lock' iauth command is envisioned as blocking most incoming connections, displaying the given message--I've always wanted such a command for ircu, and this would be an excellent way of implementing something like it. Certain connections could be excepted from the lock--say, via class or IP--so that operators could still get in if they get disconnected before they can /die, /restart, or unlock the server...of course, this might be useful apart from iauth, but... ;) -- Kevin L. Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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