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DCC2 Protocol for IRC file transfers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the transfering-underground dept.

Joe_Hypnol writes "I just noticed this bit of news over at IRC Junkie. Looks like a bunch of irc client authors (and even more) are putting their heads together to come up with DCC2, a replacement for the the poorly designed DCC IRC file transfer specification. The old protocol was basically based on a usenet post, but this new one is looking like it'll be a full-blown standard. It's currently an IETF internet working draft. Read the press release at DCC2.org."

8 of 233 comments (clear)

  1. Where's IRC2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To replace the poorly designed IRC protocol?

  2. I got another idea by slash-tard · · Score: 5, Funny

    How about an IETF standard for warez serving bots. I hate learning the different commands for the different bots.

  3. IRC, duh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone just joins #consensus.

  4. There must be some mistake by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    They revamped the whole protocol but Ratios weren't mentioned even once. Are they sure this is for IRC?

  5. Re:What's the difference? by Kiriwas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Right now? Considering there is no dcc2 and its still in the works... the same thing that makes Duke Nukem Forever better than original Duke Nukem.

  6. Re:PIrates rejoice by notamac · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sure people do... it goes something like this:
    boy: hi
    girl: hi
    boy: asl?
    girl: 19/f/someplace
    boy: pic? :)
    girl: [dcc send]

    Of course feel free to replace girl with [boy pretending to be girl]

  7. Re:Getting mp3s will be that much easier by huphtur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shhhh! Don't give em any ideas!

  8. Re:PIrates rejoice by gnu-generation-one · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Is DCC used by anyone else but file pirates and music traders?"

    Of course. It's used for sending pictures, so people can see who they're chatting with.

    It's used to send drafts of collaborative documents.

    It's used for anything that you'd use email attachments for (when the file is too big to send by email, and you don't want to wait for a carrier-pidgeon or setup an FTP server)

    It's used by terrorists to DCC blocks of semtex to each other without having to meet

    [[ Please do not feed the trolls ]] -- sorry, did I miss that sign earlier?

    IRC is a chat protocol by default, not a file-share protocol. Use GNUNet or BitTorrent or Konspire2B if you want to distribute music efficiently