Eggdrop

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Eggdrop
Developer(s) Eggheads [1] [2]
Initial releaseDecember 1993;30 years ago (1993-12)
Stable release
1.9.5 [3]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 11 March 2023
Preview release
1.9.2rc2 [4]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 7 February 2022
Repository
Written in C, Tcl
Operating system Unix-like
Size 1 MB
Type IRC bot
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website www.eggheads.org

Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot and the oldest that is still being maintained. [5] [6] [7]

Contents

It was originally written by Robey Pointer in December 1993 to help manage and protect the EFnet channel #gayteen; one Eggdrop bot version was named Valis. [8] [9] [10]

Eggdrop was originally intended to help manage and protect channels from takeover attempts. [7] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Features

The bot is written in the C programming language and features interfaces for C modules and Tcl scripts that allow users to further enhance the functionality of the bot. [6] [10] [15]

A large number of Tcl scripts are available to expand the bot's functionality, most of them written by Eggdrop users. [6] [16] [17] Scripts are available to add and extend support for: online games, stats, user and channel management, information storage and lookup, greeting channel members, tracking last seen times, botnet management, anti-spam, file serving and distribution (usually via the DCC protocol), IRC services (similar to ChanServ and NickServ), and much more.[ citation needed ]

Eggdrop includes built-in support for sharing user information and channel bans. However, a script is required to simultaneously control multiple bots and for bots to coordinate channel management and modes.[ citation needed ]

The bot also features a "botnet", which allows multiple bots to be linked together to share data and act in a coordinated fashion. [10] [13] [15] [18] [19] The botnet supports a "party line", which is accessible via DCC CHAT and Telnet. People can communicate within the botnet on various channels in an equivalent to a miniature IRC. Channel 0, the default, is referred to as the "party line". [13] [20]

Popularity

Over the years Eggdrop has become one of the most popular bots run by IRC users. [13] [21] [22]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ AUTHORS Archived 2013-04-14 at archive.today - List of Eggdrop developers and development history
  2. ↑ THANKS Archived 2013-04-14 at archive.today - List of Eggdrop contributors
  3. ↑ "Release 1.9.5". 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "Eggdrop Release v1.9.2 Release Candidate 2". 7 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Homepage". eggheads.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  6. 1 2 3 Mutton, Paul (July 2004). IRC Hacks. O'Reilly Media. p. 294. ISBN   978-0-596-00687-7.
  7. 1 2 Bejtlich, Richard (November 2005). Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions. Professional Series. Addison-Wesley. p. 308. ISBN   978-0-321-34996-5.
  8. ↑ Leonard, Andrew (July 1997). Bots: The Origin of New Species (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: Hardwired. ISBN   1-888869-05-4. Meanwhile, back in #gayteen, Pointer's other IRC haunt, a raging power struggle had alienated most of the regular members of the channel
  9. ↑ Leonard, Andrew (April 1996). "Wired 4.04: Bots Are Hot!". Wired Magazine. Condé Nast Publications. p. 5. Retrieved 2008-12-26. There are bots that greet newcomers to channels with information about the channel. Valis, the gaybot at #gayteen, is such a bot.
  10. 1 2 3 "ABOUT". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  11. ↑ Lewis, Chris; Steve Pickavance (February 2006). Selecting MPLS VPN Services. Networking Technology. Cisco Press. p. 266. ISBN   978-1-58705-191-3.
  12. ↑ Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin; George Spillman; Marcus Sachs (May 2005). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. p. 401. ISBN   978-1-59749-017-7.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Damer, Bruce (October 1997). Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet (1st ed.). Peachpit. ISBN   978-0-201-68840-5.
  14. ↑ Clemm, Alexander; Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville; Rolf Stadler (December 2007). Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 1. ISBN   978-3-540-75693-4.
  15. 1 2 "README". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  16. ↑ "egghelp.org: Tcl Archive". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  17. ↑ "eggheads.org FTP: Scripts". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  18. ↑ "BOTNET". eggheads.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  19. ↑ Piccard, et al., p. 390
  20. ↑ "PARTYLINE". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  21. ↑ Orwant, Jon (August 2004). Games, Diversions & Perl Culture . Best of the Perl Journal (1st ed.). O'Reilly Media. p.  116. ISBN   978-0-596-00312-8.
  22. ↑ Casey, Eoghan (March 2004). Digital Evidence and Computer Crime (2nd ed.). Academic Press. p.  497. ISBN   978-0-12-163104-8.
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