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= Web Client Policy =

Furnet does not allow web clients or gateways to connect to the network except under a limited set of rules. This policy has been imposed due to widespread abuse in past of open gateways to the network.

== Java/client-based web clients ==

Java and other clients that run from a webpage, on the user's computer are permitted on the network under the following set of rules:

* The client must have a fixed [[Glossary#Ident|ident]] that makes it possible for [[Glossary#Oper|IRCOps]] to identify the site from which the users are connecting.
* The real name field must be set to the user's login name on the site, or if this is not possible, the URL of the web client.
* The client must be locked down to only permit chat within a single fixed channel related to the site.
* [[Glossary#Query|Private messages]] are permitted.
* [[Commands#Whois|WHOIS]], [[Glossary#Ctcp|CTCPs]] (including ping), listing and joining other [[Channel|channels]] must be disabled.
* Furnet administration must be notified via the contact form before the client is made available on your site.

One client that we have had experience with is [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pjirc/ PJIRC]; a Java-based applet that can be used to connect to an IRC server. Recommended settings are detailed below.

=== Recommended Settings for PJIRC ===

The below settings are a recommended baseline for complying with Furnet web client requirements - please modify "example.org" to match your own site.

<param name="nick" value="ExampleFurry???">
<param name="name" value="Example.org Web Client - User JohnSmith">
<param name="userid" value="exampledotorg">
<param name="quitmessage" value="Example.org Web Client User">

<param name="host" value="irc.furnet.org">
<param name="port" value="6667">
<param name="serveralias" value="Furnet">

<param name="useinfo" value="true">
<param name="allowdccfile" value="false">
<param name="allowdccchat" value="false">
<param name="authorizedjoinlist" value="none+#exampledotorg">
<param name="command1" value="/join #exampledotorg">
<param name="authorizedcommandlist" value="none+me+msg+action+query+mode+ignore">
<param name="gui" value="pixx">
<param name="pixx:showchanlist" value="false">

== Flash-based clients ==

We do not permit Flash-based clients on the network for technical reasons. Any Flash client that connects to a domain other than the originating site requires a Flash Policy Server, which is a proprietary package provided by Adobe that must be run on the destination host. All Furnet servers are run in a secure fashion, and running this untrusted software may introduce security problems which the administrators are not willing to deal with.

== Server-based (CGI) gateways ==

Services such as Mibbit, Web-IRC and any CGI:IRC-based service are not permitted on the network, as they attract undesirable types who will often use these services for abuse and conduct in violation of the network's [[Code_Of_Conduct_Users|Code of Conduct]].

If you want to run a private CGI-based IRC gateway, it must be locked down by username and password, and Furnet administration must be notified before such a client is permitted on the network - for your safety, and ours.

== Queries or Problems? ==

Please contact the administrators on the network in [irc://furnet.org/furnet #furnet] if you have any queries as to what is required for a web client to connect to Furnet. In some circumstances, we may negotiate exceptions to these conditions.

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