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Eggdrop
Developer(s)	Eggheads
Initial release	December 1993
Stable release	1.6.19+ctcpfix (2009-05-14; 7 months ago) [+/−]
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Platform	Cross-platform
Size	0.8 MB
Available in	English, Multilingual
Development status	Active
Type	IRC bot
License	GPL
Website	www.eggheads.org

For other uses, see Egg drop.

Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot and is the oldest IRC bot still in active development.^[1]^{[p 1]}^{[p 2]}

[edit] Development History

It was originally written by Robey Pointer in December 1993 to help manage and protect the EFnet channel #gayteen.^[2]^{[p 3]}

Eggdrop was originally intended to help manage and protect channels from takeover attempts and other forms of IRC war.^{[p 2]}^{[p 4]}^{[p 5]}^{[p 6]}^{[p 7]}

[edit] Features

Eggdrop 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.^[3]^[2]^{[p 1]}

Due to its popularity, Eggdrop has a plethora of Tcl scripts available to expand its functionality, most of them written by Eggdrop users.^[4]^[5]^{[p 1]} Scripts are available to add and extend functionality such as: 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.

Eggdrop also features a botnet, which allows multiple bots to be linked together to share data and act in a coordinated fashion.^[3]^[2]^[6]^{[p 8]}^{[p 6]} Eggdrop includes built-in support for sharing user information and channel bans. A script is required to simultaneously control multiple bots and for bots to coordinate channel management and modes.

Eggdrop features a botnet party line that is accessible via DCC CHAT or telnet. People are able to communicate with each other within the botnet on various channels in a sort of miniature IRC. Channel 0, the default, is referred to as the "party line".^[7]^{[p 6]}

[edit] Popularity

Over the years Eggdrop has become one of the most popular bots run by IRC users.^[8]^{[p 9]}^{[p 10]}^{[p 6]}

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

^ "eggheads.org". http://www.eggheads.org/. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ABOUT". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/ABOUT?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ ^a ^b "README". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/README?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ "egghelp.org: Tcl Archive". http://www.egghelp.org/tcl.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ "eggheads.org FTP: Scripts". ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/scripts/. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ "BOTNET". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/BOTNET?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ "PARTYLINE". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/PARTYLINE?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
^ "Alexa - Top Sites: Bots". http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=5571. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[edit] Books and Publications

^ ^a ^b ^c Mutton, Paul (July 2004) (in English). IRC Hacks. O'Reilly Media. pp. 294. ISBN 978-0-596-00687-7.
^ ^a ^b Bejtlich, Richard (November 2005) (in English). Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions. Professional Series. Addison-Wesley. pp. 308. ISBN 978-0-321-34996-5.
^ Leonard, Andrew (April 1996). "Wired 4.04: Bots Are Hot!" (HTML). Wired Magazine. Condé Nast Publications. pp. 5. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.04/netbots.html?pg=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."
^ Lewis, Chris; Steve Pickavance (February 2006) (in English). Selecting MPLS VPN Services. Networking Technology. Cisco Press. pp. 266. ISBN 978-1-58705-191-3.
^ Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin, George Spillman, Marcus Sachs (May 2005) (in English). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. pp. 401. ISBN 978-1597490177.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Damer, Bruce (October 1997) (in English). Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet (1st ed.). Peachpit. ISBN 978-0-201-68840-5.
^ Clemm, Alexander; Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Rolf Stadler (December 2007) (in English). Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-75693-4.
^ Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin, George Spillman, Marcus Sachs (May 2005) (in English). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. pp. 390. ISBN 978-1597490177.
^ Orwant, Jon (August 2004) (in English). Games, Diversions & Perl Culture. Best of the Perl Journal (1st ed.). O'Reilly Media. pp. 116. ISBN 978-0596003128.
^ Casey, Eoghan (March 2004) (in English). Digital Evidence and Computer Crime (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 497. ISBN 978-0-12-163104-8.

[edit] External links

[0] "eggheads.org". http://www.eggheads.org/. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[about-3] "ABOUT". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/ABOUT?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[readme-9] "README". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/README?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[10] "egghelp.org: Tcl Archive". http://www.egghelp.org/tcl.htm. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[11] "eggheads.org FTP: Scripts". ftp://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/scripts/. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[botnet-12] "BOTNET". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/BOTNET?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[partyline-14] "PARTYLINE". http://cvs.eggheads.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi/eggdrop1.6/doc/PARTYLINE?view=markup. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[15] "Alexa - Top Sites: Bots". http://www.alexa.com/browse?&CategoryID=5571. Retrieved 2008-12-24.

[book:_irc_hacks-1] Mutton, Paul (July 2004) (in English). IRC Hacks. O'Reilly Media. pp. 294. ISBN 978-0-596-00687-7.

[book:_extrusion_detection-2] Bejtlich, Richard (November 2005) (in English). Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions. Professional Series. Addison-Wesley. pp. 308. ISBN 978-0-321-34996-5.

[4] Leonard, Andrew (April 1996). "Wired 4.04: Bots Are Hot!" (HTML). Wired Magazine. Condé Nast Publications. pp. 5. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.04/netbots.html?pg=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."

[5] Lewis, Chris; Steve Pickavance (February 2006) (in English). Selecting MPLS VPN Services. Networking Technology. Cisco Press. pp. 266. ISBN 978-1-58705-191-3.

[6] Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin, George Spillman, Marcus Sachs (May 2005) (in English). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. pp. 401. ISBN 978-1597490177.

[book:_avatars-7] Damer, Bruce (October 1997) (in English). Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet (1st ed.). Peachpit. ISBN 978-0-201-68840-5.

[8] Clemm, Alexander; Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville, Rolf Stadler (December 2007) (in English). Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Science+Business Media. pp. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-75693-4.

[13] Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin, George Spillman, Marcus Sachs (May 2005) (in English). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. pp. 390. ISBN 978-1597490177.

[16] Orwant, Jon (August 2004) (in English). Games, Diversions & Perl Culture. Best of the Perl Journal (1st ed.). O'Reilly Media. pp. 116. ISBN 978-0596003128.

[17] Casey, Eoghan (March 2004) (in English). Digital Evidence and Computer Crime (2nd ed.). Academic Press. pp. 497. ISBN 978-0-12-163104-8.

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