The "conn_waitpong" Module (v4)

Description

This module requires all clients to respond to a PING request before they can fully connect. This is useful for preventing drive-by attacks from sources that can send data but not respond.

Configuration

To load this module use the following <module> tag:

<module name="conn_waitpong">

<waitpong>

The <waitpong> tag defines settings about how the conn_waitpong module should behave. This tag can only be defined once.

Name	Type	Default Value	Description
killonbadreply	Boolean	Yes	Whether to kill clients that respond with an incorrect ping value.
sendsnotice	Boolean	Yes	Whether to tell a user to run /QUOTE PONG ... when waiting for a response.

Example Usage

<waitpong killonbadreply="yes"
          sendsnotice="no">