Bug 116908

Summary:	Kopete IRC module answers to CTCP LAG, which makes Kopete appar to be infected by a CatcherTrojan
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Stefan Fiedler <stefan.fiedler>
Component:	IRC Plugin	Assignee:	Kopete Developers <kopete-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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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 ***.