Merge pull request #1438 from slingamn/issue1436_badchars

fix #1436
2020-12-22 02:16:01 -05:00 · 2020-12-22 02:16:01 -05:00 · a566c85b12
commit a566c85b12
parent 5c64612455 8abbc1072b
2 changed files with 9 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/irc/strings.go
+++ b/irc/strings.go
@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ const (
 	// @ separates username from hostname
 	// : means trailing
 	protocolBreakingNameCharacters = " ,*?.!@:"
+
+	// #1436: we discovered that these characters are problematic,
+	// so we're disallowing them in new nicks/account names, but allowing
+	// previously registered names
+	disfavoredNameCharacters = `<>'";`
 )

 var (