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0003892unrealircdpublic2015-08-08 16:37
ReporterName141 Assigned Tosyzop  
PrioritynormalSeveritytrivialReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Summary0003892: invisible character making it possible to 'clone' channels.
DescriptionThere was a guy that noticed if you put "​" before your channel name , it will show up invisible in most IRCds , or is it the clients fault?

Such as #test will look the same as #​test on the list and could be used to clone a channel.
Steps To Reproducejust use the correct characters in-between # and channel name.
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Name141

2010-02-21 18:49

reporter   ~0016036

Perhaps it is the client's fault; Mibbit.com doesn't replicate it while mIRC and Xchat does.

syzop

2010-03-01 20:07

administrator   ~0016044

Last edited: 2010-03-01 20:08

Yeah that really depends on the client and the fonts (and character set) that are in use. So might look invisible on one, and perfectly normal on another.
I however happen to work on something that will also have the option to disable creating channels with such characters, not that it's a total solution. So I'll leave this bugreport open until that's committed to CVS.

If you feel it is being abused (like right now), you can always add a deny channel block on "*weirdcharacter*", or even ban a couple of them :)

EDIT: it should be noted that on some other ircds, like ircnet, it's even worse, as you can have a hidden color code (or any other such code) in it. which is invisible on mIRC and many other decent IRC clients.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2010-02-21 09:20 Name141 New Issue
2010-02-21 18:49 Name141 Note Added: 0016036
2010-03-01 20:07 syzop Note Added: 0016044
2010-03-01 20:08 syzop Note Edited: 0016044
2015-08-08 16:37 syzop Status new => closed
2015-08-08 16:37 syzop Assigned To => syzop
2015-08-08 16:37 syzop Resolution open => no change required