Bug 116908 - Kopete IRC module answers to CTCP LAG, which makes Kopete appar to be infected by a CatcherTrojan
Summary: Kopete IRC module answers to CTCP LAG, which makes Kopete appar to be infecte...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kopete
Classification: Unmaintained
Component: IRC Plugin (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Compiled Sources Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kopete Developers
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Reported: 2005-11-22 21:34 UTC by Stefan Fiedler
Modified: 2006-06-14 00:54 UTC (History)
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Description Stefan Fiedler 2005-11-22 21:34:14 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
OS:                Linux

Kopete IRC module answers to CTCP LAG, something like "ERRMSG: LAG unknown command".
Virus scanners on IRC servers might think Kopete is infected by a CatcherTrojan because of this behaviour. I've been told answering to CTCP LAG is also against standards.
Comment 1 Tommi Rantala 2005-12-02 17:19:16 UTC 
OK, while the CTCP specs I've found (http://www.invlogic.com/irc/ctcp.html#4) state that:

Requests which are not recognised or are invalid may return an error message similar to the following: 
 NOTICE <space> <target> <space> : <marker> ERRMSG \ <command> [<arg> [...]] <marker>

It seems that NONE of the IRC clients out there* respond to bogus CTCP requests. I guess we should change our behaviour to match the other clients.

*) I tried: Gaim, irssi, xchat, ircII, BitchX, epic4, mIRC
Comment 2 Michel Hermier 2006-06-14 00:54:17 UTC 
*** Bug has been marked as fixed ***.