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Re: malformed DCC request



On Sat, 2002-06-01 at 03:21, Peter Zelezny wrote:
> A normal DCC Chat request doesn't have three numbers, only the 32bit IP
> and port. I think what mIRC is trying to do, is to tell you that you should
> open the port instead (indicated by the zero port). I'm not sure about the
> second number. I'm sure it's been discussed before. It's called passive DCC
> or something?
> 
> After a quick search, I found it described here:
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2826/mircnew-features.html

Sounds pretty logical, like passive FTP.

If anyone is going to whine about this being non-standard, note that
another mIRC extension to the DCC protocol is already implemented in
X-Chat -- namely, DCC RESUME. That's also implemented in numerous other
clients, such as BitchX.

Occasionally, Khaled Mardam-Bey does something intelligent. Too bad this
is only occasional. ;)

Regards,

Alex.

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