Re: forbidding special control chars in idents

["Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar" <uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-> when checking some stuff what is possible with nicks/idents
-> I noticed that you can easily have these mirc-color codes
-> or bold in your nickname.
-> 
-> What about not allowing these control at all?
-> (same rule like with nicknames).
-> 
-> I noticed some klines on servers like K:*:<NULL>:*^b*:0:0
-> I know the rfc 1413 says this is legal, but it sucks if you have a
-> color nick ident flooder on your channel.

heh with Cr patch you can #define RESTRICT_USERNAMES
and define set of characters you want to have allowed;
chars like ^B ^V ^_ ^C * ? are disabled ...

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