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qebab · 3 Jul 2008, 11:13

The hypothetical script we are talking about should clearly be disallowed for the single reason that extending an IRC client to automatically open all links that start with http://game.planetarion is trivial. In python, you'd say

Code:

import webbrowser
if link.startswith("http://game.planetarion"): webbrowser.open(link)

Assuming that there is a variable called link. This is here only for illustration.

It is trivial to make clients like x-chat, irssi and mIRC automatically open links, which actually gives you a botnet. Admittedly only for two hours at a time, but I don't think it should be very hard to come up with a way to get around this.

3 Jul 2008, 11:13	#81
qebab The Original Carebear Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 1,048	Re: Interpreting the EULA. The hypothetical script we are talking about should clearly be disallowed for the single reason that extending an IRC client to automatically open all links that start with http://game.planetarion is trivial. In python, you'd say Code: import webbrowser if link.startswith("http://game.planetarion"): webbrowser.open(link) Assuming that there is a variable called link. This is here only for illustration. It is trivial to make clients like x-chat, irssi and mIRC automatically open links, which actually gives you a botnet. Admittedly only for two hours at a time, but I don't think it should be very hard to come up with a way to get around this. __________________ If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. Oh crap, I might be back. I should take my own advice.