I recall it telling me I was a possible cyborg when I connected with
my un-blessed version of COW.

Zach

On Feb 12, 2008 3:17 PM, Karthik Arumugham <karthik at karthik.com> wrote:
> On Feb 12, 2008, at 2:20 PM, Narcis wrote:
>
> >> indeed, i guess to find a description of these queries i would need
> >> to
> > read the source code of ntserv? hog call (5 spaces) is supported,
> > i was not aware of other requests. Anyone has a list handy?
>
> Pig call (the 5 spaces, supported by most clients, notably not by
> BRMH) is confusing to me. There are two types. You can send it to
> yourself, and it tells you of "possible cyborgs". The second type is
> where you send 5 spaces to ALL, to a team, or to a specific slot, and
> everyone got your message and supports the pig call replies with a
> version string, as well as you being informed of "possible cyborgs".
>
> The "possible cyborgs" message is generated by the server as a list of
> slots with ST_CYBORG set. I'm confused about how this is set, as a
> quick glance at the code shows that it's either on RSA failure or on
> the host being in the bypass file. At the moment, I am neither (though
> I am in the whitelist directory), yet I show up as a possible cyborg.
> I'm assuming it's related to BRMH not supporting the pig call, but do
> not have time to investigate at the moment.
>
> Other messages you can send to slots:
>
> Ping/"!" requires the client have ping stats enabled to work properly,
> but the reply is generated by the server and is a "no ping stats"
> reply when the client has it off.
> Client/"#" requires the client have RSA enabled to work properly, but
> the reply is generated by the server is is an empty "Client: " reply
> when the client has it off.
> Stats/"?" is a server side-only command.
> Whois/"@" is a server side-only command.
> Sbstats/"^" is a server side-only command.
>
>
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