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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."

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  1. Why can't people read? by toupsie · · Score: 0, Troll
    My real problem with your sanctamoneous argument is it may lead others in authority to stifle a source I benefit from. Your arguments are like those of the antigun nuts. Guns are used in crimes lets ban guns.

    Please me show a posting where I advocate the elimination of IRC and DCC. You are taking a statement, "DCC is mainly used to transfer pirated files" and assuming I am stating "DCC should be outlawed because it is mainly used to transfer pirated files". I am just stately a fact of life not making a moral judgment.

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