Re: modes.patch

[Q <Q@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 26, 1999 at 12:06:45PM -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
> On 26 Dec 99, at 14:15, Q wrote:
> 
> > > Allows the limit of a channel from outside to be shown when 
> > > performing MODE <channel> 
> > 
> > This is not an acceptable behavior.
> > 
> 
> Why?  At present, Undernet allows the limit to be shown from 
> outside of a non-secret, non-private channel and EFnet's hybrid 
> soon will with its next release.  I wrote the patch for Undernet 
> because I found it was more understandable to see whether a 
> channel is being locked (with a limit of 1 or 2) or whether it is full of 
> users with a limit of 50 or 75 when the channel is full and I cannot 
> join.
> 
> The information should really be publically accessable since it is 
> not essential to the security of the channel...

4.2.9 User Limit

      A user limit may be set on channels by using the channel flag 'l'.
   When the limit is reached, servers MUST forbid their local users to
   join the channel.

      The value of the limit MUST only be made available to the channel
   members in the reply sent by the server to a MODE query.


It's both full if set to 1 or 50 and you can't join because of it. All you
need to know is that it's full, you're nothing with knowing the value if
you're not on the channel. You don't even know how many people are on it.


Q