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Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol
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Network Working Group C. Kalt
Request for Comments: 2812 April 2000
Updates: 1459
Category: Informational
Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
IESG NOTE:
The IRC protocol itself enables several possibilities of transferring
data between clients, and just like with other transfer mechanisms
like email, the receiver of the data has to be careful about how the
data is handled. For more information on security issues with the IRC
protocol, see for example http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security/.
Abstract
The IRC (Internet Relay Chat) protocol is for use with text based
conferencing; the simplest client being any socket program capable of
connecting to the server.
This document defines the Client Protocol, and assumes that the
reader is familiar with the IRC Architecture [IRC-ARCH].
Table of Contents
1. Labels ..................................................... 3
1.1 Servers ................................................ 3
1.2 Clients ................................................ 3
1.2.1 Users ............................................. 4
1.2.1.1 Operators .................................... 4
1.2.2 Services .......................................... 4
1.3 Channels ............................................... 4
2. The IRC Client Specification ............................... 5
2.1 Overview ............................................... 5
2.2 Character codes ........................................ 5
2.3 Messages ............................................... 5
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