X-Git-Url: https://www.fleuret.org/cgi-bin/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=tropbot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.txt;fp=README.txt;h=5bff2f7fa82aa96b621ef9967ec871e3c2057b53;hp=55b7d7ff1324d9d49e4c972cd99f64cdd7491c16;hb=d77d32bc8815f956ec519b946b8ae563b527b599;hpb=c6dbdbeafebf079c81ee6046761d09c3c58dfcf8 diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt index 55b7d7f..5bff2f7 100644 --- a/README.txt +++ b/README.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - TropBot v2.5 + TropBot v2.9 Documentation written by Francois Fleuret Contact for comments & bug reports Check http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/fleuret for latest version @@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ EFNet. After few months, TropBot became a real bot, with many features. He's still a fast and small bot, but he can defend a channel by himself. The version 2.2.0 was so stable that I have run one on #france for longer than one month with no reboot (when I finally -killed it it was just to run a newer version). +killed it it was just to run a newer version). The last version +(2.9.0) runs under Purify(tm) with no error. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II - TROPBOT CAPABILITIES ----------------------------------------------------- @@ -82,6 +83,18 @@ of the net, there are no flood detection and you won't loose the connection even if the bots send you a lot of datas, etc. This kind of connection is great for commands like "who" "help" "shitlist" etc. +Since v2.8.0, TropBot has new features to handle big channels. First, +it has in memory a list of 'restricted' sites. The bot will detect and +kick/ban any group of users who are on the same machine. The main idea +is to protect the channel from clone bots. The second important +feature is the 'cop-mode'. When this mode is switch ON, the bot will +detect any graphical effect (caps, reverse, mIrc colors, beeps, +art-chars, repeated chars, etc.), wil also ban any user who is kicked +3 times or more in less than 10 minutes, and will ban all site where +more than 3 people are banned. + +The v2.9.0 is a more stable version, debugged using Purify(tm) + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II - HOW TO INSTALL TROPBOT --------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -181,6 +194,12 @@ FRIEND 2 *!*@*.fr trululu will make all people from France able to execute functions with a level 2 if they use the password trululu. +You can also specify a list of restricted sites. For example, if you +want to avoid to have more than one personne on a same adress +containing "ppp", just put + +RESTRICTED *!*@*ppp* + ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V - TROPBOT FUNCTIONS --------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -212,6 +231,8 @@ usefull against clone bots. anti-flood system for the given duration. This feature is interesting when the bot lagged because of network troubles. +"cop" switch the cop-mode on/off + "deban { list of patterns }" (alias "db") remove from the ban-list all the entries who match one of the pattern @@ -315,7 +336,8 @@ VI - CONCLUSION/BUGS ---------------------------------------------------------- A bot is a complex program. This one, even if it's not very long has to deal with many buffers and strings operations. Such kind of program can't be 100% safe. I hope current version is stable, but I fear some -buggs are still creeping somewhere. +buggs are still creeping somewhere. The last version was checked with +Purify and is supposed to be kinda stable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - AUTHOR ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -330,12 +352,6 @@ I really DON'T appreciate questions about compilation, and I HATE questions whose answers are in this file. I appreciate suggestions and bug reports :P -Snail mail : - - Francois Fleuret - 16 Rue Pasteur - 78330 Fontenay le Fleury, FRANCE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------