[Pidgin] #11111: CTCP reply flood

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#11111: CTCP reply flood
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 Reporter:  adam1213  |     Owner:  elb  
     Type:  defect    |    Status:  new  
Component:  IRC       |   Version:  2.6.4
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 There is no flood protection for CTCP replies. This allows users to send
 many ctcp requests (eg for version) which results in a flood kick and
 extra server for the IRC network.

 (12:00:01 PM) bot1: Received CTCP 'VERSION' (to #freenode) from bot1
 (12:00:01 PM) bot1: Received CTCP 'VERSION' (to #freenode) from bot1
 (12:00:01 PM) bot2: Received CTCP 'VERSION' (to #freenode) from bot2
 a few more version requests...
 (12:00:01 PM) user1 left the room (quit: Excess Flood).

 I have tested this using the default version response from pidgin and also
 tried using pidgin plugins to get a blank CTCP response with both of these
 still allowing for flood kicks due to responses.

 Please add flood protection and a way of configuring it (eg max per user /
 max total per connection)


 Thanks to a freenode staffer for helping test this.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/11111>
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