>>/CTCP #channel <controlkey>A >>(also sometimes works with just "A") >>you can force some users to auto-disconnect from the irc server. There >are a >>stack of bugs like these totally excluding DCC holes etc... >This is not a bug in any of the irc clients i tried(mIRC going back to >ver. 5.41 +bitchx +xchat +ircII) - its more likely a backdoor in a >widely used script. I remember the Leopard script having the LAGG >backdoor, meaning any commands send via ctcp preceded by LAGG would be >executed. Something like '//ctcp # LAGG .msg $me :)' would silently show >you who was backdoored/running the script, and then they're all yours to >play with. Very useful for messing with friends/foes. I think I remember WSIRC having the /CTCP user A problem, but only in very early versions.
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