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Wired 1.1 RFC

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Zanka Software                                            Axel Andersson
Request for Comments: 2                                      August 2004

                           Wired Protocol 1.1

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community. It 
   describes an Internet protocol. Distribution of this memo is 
   unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) Axel Andersson 2003-2004. All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   The Wired protocol is an application-level protocol for real time
   chat, messaging and file transfers. It is based on the client-server
   model, with many clients connected to one and the same server,
   allowing both public and private messaging. The main design
   principles are standardization and the unification of messaging and
   file transfer systems.
   
   This specification defines the protocol referred to as "Wired 1.1"
   and is an update to Zanka Software RFC 1 [10].

Table of Contents

   1   Introduction ...................................................4
   1.1   Purpose ......................................................4
   1.2   Terminology ..................................................4
   1.3   Overall Operation ............................................5
   1.4   Protocol Compatibility .......................................5
   1.5   Access Authentication ........................................6
   2   Protocol Parameters ............................................6
   2.1   Identification Numbers .......................................6
   2.2   Control Characters ...........................................7
   2.3   Strings ......................................................7
   2.4   Base64 Data ..................................................7
   2.5   Booleans .....................................................7
   2.6   Version Strings ..............................................7
   2.7   Addresses ....................................................8
   2.8   Date & Time Format ...........................................8
   2.9   Privilege Specifications .....................................9
   3   Sequences ......................................................10
   3.1   Login Sequence ...............................................11
   3.2   Private Chat Sequence ........................................12
   4   Files ..........................................................12
   4.1   File Listings ................................................12
   4.2   Transfers ....................................................12
   5   Accounts .......................................................13
   6   Commands .......................................................14
   6.1  Command Format ................................................14
   6.2  Command Listing ...............................................15
   6.2.1    BAN .......................................................15
   6.2.2    BANNER ....................................................15
   6.2.3    BROADCAST .................................................15
   6.2.4    CLEARNEWS .................................................15
   6.2.5    CLIENT ....................................................16
   6.2.6    COMMENT ...................................................16
   6.2.7    CREATEUSER ................................................16
   6.2.8    CREATEGROUP ...............................................16
   6.2.9    DECLINE ...................................................17
   6.2.10   DELETE ....................................................17
   6.2.11   DELETEUSER ................................................17
   6.2.12   DELETEGROUP ...............................................17
   6.2.13   EDITUSER ..................................................17
   6.2.14   EDITGROUP .................................................18
   6.2.15   FOLDER ....................................................18
   6.2.16   GET .......................................................18
   6.2.17   GROUPS ....................................................19
   6.2.18   HELLO .....................................................19
   6.2.19   ICON ......................................................19
   6.2.20   INFO ......................................................19
   6.2.21   INVITE ....................................................20
   6.2.22   JOIN ......................................................20
   6.2.23   KICK ......................................................20
   6.2.24   LEAVE .....................................................20
   6.2.25   LIST ......................................................21
   6.2.26   ME ........................................................21
   6.2.27   MOVE ......................................................21
   6.2.28   MSG .......................................................21
   6.2.29   NEWS ......................................................22
   6.2.30   NICK ......................................................22
   6.2.31   PASS ......................................................22
   6.2.32   PING ......................................................22
   6.2.33   POST ......................................................22
   6.2.34   PRIVCHAT ..................................................23
   6.2.35   PRIVILEGES ................................................23
   6.2.36   PUT .......................................................23
   6.2.37   READUSER ..................................................23
   6.2.38   READGROUP .................................................24
   6.2.39   SAY .......................................................24
   6.2.40   SEARCH ....................................................24
   6.2.41   STAT ......................................................24
   6.2.42   STATUS ....................................................25
   6.2.43   TOPIC .....................................................25
   6.2.44   TRANSFER ..................................................25
   6.2.45   TYPE ......................................................25
   6.2.46   USER ......................................................26
   6.2.47   USERS .....................................................26
   6.2.48   WHO .......................................................26
   7   Messages .......................................................26
   7.1  Message Format ................................................26
   7.2  200 Class Messages ............................................27
   7.2.1    200 Server Information ....................................27
   7.2.2    201 Login Succeeded .......................................27
   7.2.3    202 Ping Reply ............................................27
   7.2.4    203 Server Banner .........................................28
   7.3  300 Class Messages ............................................28
   7.3.1    300 Chat ..................................................28
   7.3.2    301 Action Chat ...........................................28
   7.3.3    302 Client Join ...........................................28
   7.3.4    303 Client Leave ..........................................29
   7.3.5    304 Status Change .........................................29
   7.3.6    305 Private Message .......................................29
   7.3.7    306 Client Kicked .........................................30
   7.3.8    307 Client Banned .........................................30
   7.3.9    308 Client Information ....................................30
   7.3.10   309 Broadcast Message .....................................31
   7.3.11   310 User List .............................................31
   7.3.12   311 User List Done ........................................32
   7.3.13   320 News ..................................................32
   7.3.14   321 News Done .............................................32
   7.3.15   322 News Posted ...........................................32
   7.3.16   330 Private Chat Created ..................................33
   7.3.17   331 Private Chat Invitiation ..............................33
   7.3.18   332 Private Chat Declined .................................33
   7.3.19   340 Client Image Change....................................33
   7.3.20   341 Chat Topic ............................................34
   7.4  400 Class Messages ............................................34
   7.4.1    400 Transfer Ready ........................................34
   7.4.2    401 Transfer Queued .......................................34
   7.4.3    402 File Information ......................................34
   7.4.4    410 File Listing ..........................................35
   7.4.5    411 File Listing Done .....................................35
   7.4.6    420 Search Listing ........................................36
   7.4.7    421 Search Listing Done ...................................36
   7.5  500 Class Messages ............................................36
   7.5.1    500 Command Failed ........................................36
   7.5.2    501 Command Not Recognized ................................36
   7.5.3    502 Command Not Implemented ...............................36
   7.5.4    503 Syntax Error ..........................................37
   7.5.5    510 Login Failed ..........................................37
   7.5.6    511 Banned ................................................37
   7.5.7    512 Client Not Found ......................................37
   7.5.8    513 Account Not Found .....................................37
   7.5.9    514 Account Exists ........................................37
   7.5.10   515 Cannot Be Disconnected ................................37
   7.5.11   516 Permission Denied .....................................37
   7.5.12   520 File or Directory Not Found ...........................38
   7.5.13   521 File or Directory Exists ..............................38
   7.5.14   522 Checksum Mismatch .....................................38
   7.5.14   523 Queue Limit Exceeded ..................................38
   7.6  600 Class Messages ............................................38
   7.6.1    600 User Specification ....................................38
   7.6.2    601 Group Specification ...................................38
   7.6.3    602 Privileges Specification ..............................39
   7.6.4    610 User Listing ..........................................39
   7.6.5    611 User Listing Done .....................................39
   7.6.6    620 Group Listing .........................................39
   7.6.7    621 Group Listing Done ....................................39
   8   References .....................................................40
   9   Author's Address ...............................................40
   10  Full Copyright Statement .......................................40

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

   The Wired protocol is an application-level protocol for file 
   transfers and user interaction. It is intended to fill a gap among 
   Internet class protocols that either provide transfer services or 
   chat services, usually mutually exclusively. Wired joins these two 
   types together to provide a complete user experience.
   
   This specification defines the protocol referred to as "Wired 1.1".
   This protocol includes additional commands and server responses,
   to convey more information to the client.

1.2 Terminology

   client
      A program that establishes connections for the purpose of 
      sending commands and interpreting messages.

   command
      A command sent from a client to a server, as defined in section 
      6.

   identifier
      A unique 3-digit number that describes the type of message.

   field
      A part of a command or a message that conveys a particular 
      pre-defined type of information.

   message
      A message sent from a server to a client, as defined in section 
      7.

   server
      A program that accepts connections in order to service commands 
      by sending back messages.

1.3 Overall Operation

   The Wired protocol is a textual command/message protocol. A client 
   sends a command in a specific format to the server, and the server 
   interprets this command, and if needed, sends back a message with 
   requested information.

   Some messages are sent asynchronously, meaning they are sent without 
   having first received a command. These messages can be sent at any  
   given time, and a client should be prepared to handle these as they 
   come.

   A single connection ("control connection") is used to send these 
   commands and messages back and forth. A separate connection is used 
   for transfers, in order to maintain the control connection while a 
   transfer is running.

   Wired communication takes place over a TCP/IP connection using TLS 
   [1]. The default port is TCP 2000, but other ports can be used. The 
   transfer port is the default port incremented by one, or 2001 by 
   default.

1.4 Protocol Compatibility

   This specification adds extended functionality to the previous
   version. In order to interoperate with implementations, a
   server or client must take care to be as compatible as possible.
   The main thing to note is that the number of fields in commands
   and messages are not static; they will change between protocol
   versions.
   
   To be compatible, a client should accept messages with more fields
   than the protocol version it was writter for defined, and a server
   should accept commands with only a partial set of defined fields.
   
   The number of fields will, however, never go down. Fields will
   always retain their ordering. Should a field be obsoleted, it
   will remain and go unused.

   The following commands were added in version 1.1:
   
       BANNER
       COMMENT
       STATUS
       TOPIC
       TYPE
   
   The following messages were added in version 1.1:
   
       203 Server Banner
       340 Client Image Change
       341 Chat Topic
   
   Commands and messages that have gained additional fields are
   marked where they are documented.

1.5 Access Authentication

   Wired requires all clients to provide authentication in order to 
   log in to a server. This authentication consists of a login name 
   and an optional password. Servers wishing to provide anonymous 
   logins should provide a "guest" user with no password. Clients 
   should use this login pair as the default.

   Passwords are SHA-1 [2] checksums of the actual passwords. No 
   cleartext should be sent over the connection.
   
   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

2 Protocol Parameters

2.1 Identification Numbers

   The protocol uses identification numbers for a number of object 
   types. These are unsigned integers.

      ID    = 1*DIGIT

   An identification number is assigned to each connected user,
   starting with 1 and incremented for each new user. In certain
   situations, the server software itself may participate in
   communications. When thus, the server assumes the user id 0.

   An id number is also assigned to each new chat created. Unlike
   user ids however, these should be assigned randomly from the
   integer range used. The server should also take care to verify
   that each client communicating with a certain chat, is actually
   present on that chat, to prevent unauthorized eavesdropping.

   The public chat is the chat available to everyone and the chat
   that is automatically joined upon logging in. The public chat
   is assigned the chat id 1.

2.2 Control Characters

   The following control characters from the US-ASCII [7] table are used:

      EOT    = <US-ASCII EOT, end of transmission (4)>
      FS     = <US-ASCII FS, file separator (28)>
      GS     = <US-ASCII GS, group separator (29)>
      RS     = <US-ASCII US, record separator (30)>
      SP     = <US-ASCII SP, space (32)>

2.3 Strings

   All string contents are sent in Unicode [3], UTF-8 encoding [4]. 
   There is no way to select a character set. Clients must be UTF-8 
   aware if they wish to participate in communications:

      STRING    = <any 8-bit sequence of data in UTF-8 encoding>

2.4 Base64 Data

   In cases where binary data needs to be transmitted on the control
   connection, it is Base64 encoded [11].
   
      BASE64    = <base64 encoded binary data>
      
2.5 Booleans

   When a value can be considered as an on/off switch, a boolean value 
   is used:

      BOOLEAN    = "0" | "1"

2.6 Version Strings

   Version strings are used to convey the version of either the 
   protocol or the applications involved. The protocol version string 
   uses a fixed format:

      protocol-version    = 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT

   The application version string has a different format:

      app-version    = name "/" 1*DIGIT "." 1*DIGIT ["." 1*DIGIT]
                       SP "(" os ")"
                       [ SP "(" lib-version [";" SP lib-version] ")" ]
      name           = STRING

      os             = os-release ";" SP os-version ";" SP arch
      os-release     = STRING
      os-version     = STRING
      arch           = STRING
      
      lib-version    = STRING

   That is, the application version must always be followed by the
   operating system version, and optionally, by the versions of
   additional software used. For example:

      Wired/1.0 (Darwin; 7.2.0; powerpc) (OpenSSL 0.9.7b 10 Apr 2003)

   Note that there is no particular format defined for the operation 
   system version strings.

2.7 Addresses

   IP addresses are sent in textual representation, in the formats
   described in RFC 790 [8] and RFC 1884 [9]:
   
      IP    = STRING

2.8 Date & Time Format

   Date are sent in the ISO 8601 [5] full "date-time" format, as per RFC 
   3339 [6]:

      date-fullyear     = 4DIGIT
      date-month        = 2DIGIT  ; 01-12
      date-mday         = 2DIGIT  ; 01-28, 01-29, 01-30, 01-31
      time-hour         = 2DIGIT  ; 00-23
      time-minute       = 2DIGIT  ; 00-59
      time-second       = 2DIGIT  ; 00-58, 00-59, 00-60
      time-secfrac      = "." 1*DIGIT
      time-numoffset    = ("+" / "-") time-hour ":" time-minute
      time-offset       = "Z" / time-numoffset

      partial-time      = time-hour ":" time-minute ":" time-second
                           [time-secfrac]
      full-date         = date-fullyear "-" date-month "-" date-mday
      full-time         = partial-time time-offset

      date-time         = full-date "T" full-time

   An example of such a date is:

      1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00

   This represents 39 minutes and 57 seconds after the 16th hour of 
   December 19th, 1996 with an offset of -08:00 from UTC.

2.9 Privilege Specifications

   Privilege specifications are sent in the following format:

      privileges    = get-user-info      FS broadcast FS
                      post-news          FS clear-news FS
                      download           FS upload FS
                      upload-anywhere    FS create-folders FS 
                      alter-files        FS delete-files FS 
                      view-dropboxes     FS create-accounts FS 
                      edit-accounts      FS delete-accounts FS 
                      elevate-privileges FS kick-users FS 
                      ban-users          FS cannot-be-kicked FS 
                      download-speed     FS upload-speed FS
                      download-limit     FS upload-limit FS
                      change-topic

      get-user-info         = BOOLEAN
      broadcast             = BOOLEAN
      post-news             = BOOLEAN
      clear-news            = BOOLEAN
      download              = BOOLEAN
      upload                = BOOLEAN
      upload-anywhere       = BOOLEAN
      create-folders        = BOOLEAN
      alter-files           = BOOLEAN
      delete-files          = BOOLEAN
      view-dropboxes        = BOOLEAN
      create-accounts       = BOOLEAN
      edit-accounts         = BOOLEAN
      delete-accounts       = BOOLEAN
      elevate-privileges    = BOOLEAN
      kick-users            = BOOLEAN
      ban-users             = BOOLEAN
      cannot-be-kicked      = BOOLEAN
      download-speed        = 1*DIGIT
      upload-speed          = 1*DIGIT
      download-limit        = 1*DIGIT     ; Wired 1.1
      upload-limit          = 1*DIGIT     ; Wired 1.1
      change-topic          = BOOLEAN     ; Wired 1.1

   This is a series of boolean values, indicating whether a user can or 
   cannot perform certain commands.

   See section 5 for more information on accounts. See section 4 for more
   information on the file related privileges.

3 Sequences

3.1 Login Sequence

   The login sequence takes place directly after the client has 
   established a connection with the server.
   
   1.  The client initiates the sequence by sending the "HELLO" command.
   
   2.  The server responds with the 200 Server Information or 511 Banned 
       message.
   
   3.  The client sends the "NICK", "ICON", "STATUS" and "CLIENT" commands
       to set values before becoming visible to other clients.
      
       Of these, "NICK" is required, "CLIENT" is optional but highly
       recommended, and "ICON" and "STATUS" are optional.
   
   4.  The clients sends the "USER" command with the login name. "guest"
       should be used as the default login name.
   
   5.  The client sends the "PASS" command with the checksum of the
       actual password. If the password is empty, no check-summing
       should be performed.
   
   6.  The server responds with the 201 Login Succeeded or 510 Login 
       Failed messages.
       
       If the login was successful, the client has now been added
       to the public user list and is available to other clients. The
       server will also reply a 341 Chat Topic message for the public
       chat, if a topic has been set.
   
   7.  The client requests the user list using "WHO", with a value of "1"
       for the public user list.
   
   8.  The server responds with the 310 User List and 311 User List Done
       messages.
   
   9.  Optionally, the client requests the active privileges mask using 
       "PRIVILEGES".
   
   10. The server responds with the 602 Privileges message.
   
   11. Optionally, the client requests the news using "NEWS".
   
   12. The server responds with the 320 News and 321 News Done messages.

3.2 Private Chat Sequence

   The private chat sequence takes place when a user requests a private
   chat audience with another user.
   
   1.  Client A initiates the sequence by sending the "PRIVCHAT"
       command.
   
   2.  The server creates a private chat and responds with the 330
       Private Chat Created message. Client A is added to the
       private chat.
   
   3.  Client A invites client B to the private chat by sending the
       "INVITE" message, with the chat id of the new chat and the
       user id of client B.
   
   4.  The server sends the 331 Private Chat Invitation message to
       client B, with the chat id of the new chat and the user id
       of client A.
   
   5.  Client B sends a "JOIN" or "DECLINE" command with the chat id
       of the new chat.
       
       Following the "JOIN" command, client B sends a "WHO" command,
       requesting the user list of the private chat.
   
   6.  In case of "JOIN", the server adds client B to the new chat
       and sends out 302 Client Join messages to the user list of
       the private chat. In addition, the server replies with a
       341 Chat Topic message.
       
       The server also replies to "WHO" and sends the user list of
       the private chat to client B.
       
       Client A and client B can now communicate in a closed private
       chat. Other clients can be added by sending out new "INVITE"
       commands.
       
       In case of "DECLINE", the server sends out 332 Private Chat
       Declined messages to the user list of the private chat.
   
   7.  When done, client A and client B send the "LEAVE" command to
       leave the private chat.
   
   8.  The server sends out 303 Client Leave messages to the user list
       of the private chat.

4 Files

4.1 File Listings
   
   The following parameters are sent in file related messages:
   
       file-type      = 1*DIGIT  ; 0-3
       folder-type    = 1*DIGIT  ; 1-3
   
   The file type is mapped by the server as follows:
   
       0 File
       1 Directory
       2 Uploads Directory
       3 Drop Box Directory
   
   Note that for the directory types, the server should send the count
   of enclosed object as "size" in the listing messages.
   
   Uploads directories and drop boxes are special directories that tie in 
   with the permissions listed in section 5. Uploads and drop box 
   directories  can be uploaded into by accounts with the "upload" 
   privilege; the "upload-anywhere" privilege is required to upload into 
   a regular directory. Having uploads privileges should also enable
   "create-folders", but only in the directories where the client can
   upload.

   Drop box directories can only be viewed by accounts with the
   "view-dropboxes" privilege; for others, the directory should appear
   with an empty listing.

4.2 Transfers

   Because servers should supporting queueing and resuming transfers,
   these sequences are a bit more complicated than usual.

   Of note is the so-called Wired checksum. These should be SHA-1 [2]
   checksums of the first megabyte (1048576 octets) of the file. This
   is defined to allow checksumming of very large files in real time,
   and to allow checksums of partially transferred files to match,
   provided that they exceed 1 MB in size.
   
   Sequence, for downloads:
   
       1.  The client decides to download a file. If the file has been
           partially downloaded already, the client should issue a
           "STAT" command to get the Wired checksum of the file,
           and compare that to the Wired checksum of the local file.
           If the match is successful, the "GET" command should be
           issued with the appropriate offset.
       
       2.  The server retains the download request, and may issue
           401 Transfer Queued messages until a transfer slot is found.
           When found, the server issues 400 Transfer Ready, with a
           unique random textual key string to identify the transfer.
       
       3.  The client retains the key received in the 400 messages,
           connects to the server's transfer port, and sends the
           "TRANSFER" command with the key to identify which transfer.
       
       4.  If the key matches the queued transfer, the server begins
           sending the file; otherwise, the connection is closed.
   
   And, for uploads:
   
       1.  The client decides to upload a file, and sends the "PUT"
           command with the appropriate Wired checksum and file size.
       
       2.  The server checks if a partially transferred file exists
           at the location the client specified. If so, compares the
           Wired checksum of that file to the one given by the client.
           If a fully transferred file exists at that path, a 521
           File or Directory Exists should be issued.
           
           If the transfer is to be accepted, the server may begin
           sending out 401 Transfer Queued messages until a slot is
           found. Then, the 400 Transfer Ready is issued, with a
           unique key.
       
       3.  Just as for downloads, the client connects to the transfer
           port, sends the "TRANSFER" command, and begins sending
           the file.

5 Accounts

   There are two principal types of Wired accounts, users and groups.

   User accounts are the primary authentication mechanism, with login
   and password pairs, just like most systems. When the client has
   authenticated, it is assigned a privilege mask by the server, which
   consists of all the values defined in section in 2.9. A client
   should retain this mask by sending the "PRIVILEGES" command and
   save the resulting message. A client should not attempt to perform
   actions that it knows it cannot complete.
   
   The server needs to keep track of the mask, and update it accordingly
   for logged in clients when, for example, an edit accounts request
   completes.
   
   As mentioned in section 1.4 and elsewhere, the default account "guest"
   should be provided when server administrators wish to provide an
   anonymous account.
   
   User accounts can be assigned to group accounts. Group accounts are
   similar to user accounts, but lack the "group" and "password" fields,
   for obvious reasons. Assigning a user account to a group is just a
   matter of specifying the group's name for the "group" field. If
   the "group" field is empty, the user account belongs to no group.
   
   When a user account is assigned to a group, the user account's
   privileges are ignored, and the group account's are used instead.
   Thus, if user A has no limits on either download or upload rates,
   but group 1 has limits in place, assigning user A to group 1 will
   result in all logins for user A to have limits.

6 Commands

6.1 Command Format

   A command from a client to a server includes a unique command, 
   optionally followed by a single space and arguments. The command is 
   terminated with EOT.

      command     = name [SP argument] EOT
      name        = "BAN"         | "BANNER"      | "BROADCAST" |
                    "CLEARNEWS"   | "CLIENT"      | "COMMENT" |
                    "CREATEUSER"  | "CREATEGROUP" | "DECLINE" |
                    "DELETE"      | "DELETEUSER"  | "DELETEGROUP" |
                    "EDITUSER"    | "EDITGROUP"   | "FOLDER" |
                    "GET"         | "GROUPS"      | "HELLO" |
                    "ICON"        | "INFO"        | "INVITE" |
                    "JOIN"        | "KICK"        | "LEAVE" |
                    "LIST"        | "ME"          | "MOVE" |
                    "MSG"         | "NEWS"        | "NICK" |
                    "PASS"        | "PING"        | "POST" |
                    "PRIVCHAT"    | "PRIVILEGES"  | "PUT" |
                    "READUSER"    | "READGROUP"   | "SAY" |
                    "SEARCH"      | "STAT"        | "STATUS" |
                    "TOPIC"       | "TRANSFER"    | "TYPE" |
                    "USER"        | "USERS"       | "WHO"

6.2 Command Listing

6.2.1 BAN

      "BAN" SP user FS message EOT

      user       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Ban the client "user" with the message "message". Performs the same
   action as "KICK", but also installs a temporary ban on "user". The
   duration of the time is user-defined.

   Subject to the privilege "ban-users".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 512, 515 or 516.

6.2.2 BANNER

      "BANNER" EOT

   Request the server banner.
   
   On success, returns a 203.

6.2.3 BROADCAST

      "BROADCAST" SP message EOT

      message    = STRING

   Send the broadcast message "message" to all connected users.

   Subject to the privilege "broadcast".
   
   On success, causes a 309.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.4 CLEARNEWS

      "CLEARNEWS" EOT

   Empty the news.

   Subject to the privilege "clear-news".
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.5 CLIENT

      "CLIENT" SP app-version EOT

   Send the client version information.

   See section 2.6 for a specification of "app-version".

   See section 3.1 for more information on the login sequence.

6.2.6 COMMENT

      "COMMENT" SP path FS comment EOT

      path       = STRING
      comment    = STRING

   Set the comment of the file or folder at "path" to "comment".

   Subject to the privilege "alter-files".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516 or 521.

6.2.7 CREATEUSER

      "CREATEUSER" SP name FS password FS group FS privileges EOT

      name        = STRING
      password    = STRING
      group       = STRING

   Create the user account "name", as a member of "group",
   which can be empty.

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   Subject to the privilege "create-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 514 or 516.

6.2.8 CREATEGROUP

      "CREATEGROUP" SP name FS privileges EOT

      name    = STRING

   Create the group account "name".

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   Subject to the privilege "create-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 514 or 516.

6.2.9 DECLINE

      "DECLINE" SP chat EOT

      chat    = ID

   Decline a chat invitation to "chat".

6.2.10 DELETE

      "DELETE" SP path EOT

      path    = STRING

   Delete the file or folder at "path". All deletes are recursive.

   Subject to the privilege "delete-files".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516 or 520.

6.2.11 DELETEUSER

      "DELETEUSER" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   Delete the user account "name".

   Subject to the privilege "delete-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 513 or 516.

6.2.12 DELETEGROUP

      "DELETEGROUP" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   Delete the group account "name".

   Subject to the privilege "delete-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 513 or 516.

6.2.13 EDITUSER

      "EDITUSER" SP name FS password FS group FS privileges EOT

      name        = STRING
      password    = STRING
      group       = STRING

   Modify the user account "name", setting new values or privileges.
   A user account cannot be renamed, so "name" must already exist.
   The group membership can be changed by editing "group", which
   can be empty.

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 513 or 516.

6.2.14 EDITGROUP

      "EDITGROUP" SP name FS privileges EOT

      name    = STRING

   Modify the group account "name", setting new privileges. A group 
   account cannot be renamed, so "name" must already exist.

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 513 or 516.

6.2.15 FOLDER

      "FOLDER" SP path EOT

      path    = STRING

   Create a new folder at "path".

   Subject to the privilege "create-folders".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516 or 521.

6.2.16 GET

      "GET" SP path FS offset EOT

      path      = STRING
      offset    = 1*DIGIT

   Request a download of the file or folder "path", starting from byte
   offset "offset". See section 4 for more details on transfers.

   Subject to the privilege "download".
   
   On success, returns a 400 or 401.
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516, 520 or 523.

6.2.17 GROUPS

      "GROUPS" EOT

   Get a listing of all the group accounts on the server.

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On success, returns a chain of 620 and a terminating 621.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.18 HELLO

      "HELLO" EOT

   Start a conversation with a server. See section 3.1 for more 
   information on the login sequence.
   
   On success, returns a 200.
   
   On failure, may return the error 511.

6.2.19 ICON

   Format:

      "ICON" SP icon FS image EOT

      icon     = 1*DIGIT
      image    = BASE64    ; Wired 1.1

   Change the icon to "icon", and the custom image to "image".
   
   On success, causes a 304.

6.2.20 INFO

      "INFO" SP user EOT

      user    = ID

   Request client information for "user".

   Subject to the privilege "get-user-info".
   
   On success, returns a 308.
   
   On failure, may return the errors 512 or 516.

6.2.21 INVITE

      "INVITE" SP user FS chat EOT

      user    = ID
      chat    = ID

   Invite the client "user" to the chat "chat". See section 3.2 for more
   information on private chat sequences.

6.2.22 JOIN

      "JOIN" SP chat EOT

      chat    = ID

   Join the chat "chat". See section 3.2 for more information on private 
   chat sequences.

6.2.23 KICK

      "KICK" SP user FS message EOT

      user       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Kick the client "user" with the message "message".

   Subject to the privilege "kick-users".
   
   On success, causes a 306.
   
   On failure, may return the errors 512 or 516.

6.2.24 LEAVE

      "LEAVE" SP chat EOT

      chat    = ID

   Leave the chat "chat". See section 3.2 for more information on private 
   chat sequences.

6.2.25 LIST

      "LIST" SP path EOT

      path    = STRING

   List the file contents at "path".
   
   On success, returns a chain of 410 and a terminating 411.
   
   On failure, may return the error 520.

6.2.26 ME

      "ME" SP chat FS message EOT

      chat       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Send the action chat "message" to "chat".
   
   On success, causes a 301.

6.2.27 MOVE

      "MOVE" SP from FS to EOT

      from    = STRING
      to      = STRING

   Move the file or folder at "from" to "to".

   Subject to the privilege "alter-files".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516, 520 or 521.

6.2.28 MSG

   Format:

      "MSG" SP user FS message EOT

      user       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Send the private message "message" to the user "user".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 512.

6.2.29 NEWS

      "NEWS" EOT

   Request the news.
   
   On success, returns a chain of 320 and a terminating 321.

6.2.30 NICK

      "NICK" SP nick EOT

      nick    = STRING

   Change nick to "nick".
   
   On success, causes a 304.

6.2.31 PASS

      "PASS" SP password EOT

      password    = STRING

   Send password. See section 3.1 for more information on the login 
   sequence.
   
   On success, returns a 201.
   
   On failure, may return the error 510.

6.2.32 PING

      "PING" EOT

   Ping the server and let it return a 202 message. Should not affect the
   idle time.
   
   On success, returns a 202.

6.2.33 POST

      "POST" SP message EOT

      message    = STRING

   Post "message" to the news.
   
   On success, causes a 322.

   Subject to the privilege "post-news".
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.34 PRIVCHAT

      "PRIVCHAT" EOT

   Create a new chat on the server.
   
   On success, returns a 330.

6.2.35 PRIVILEGES

      "PRIVILEGES" EOT

   Request the current privilege mask. See section 3.1 for more  
   information on the login sequence.
   
   On success, returns a 602.

6.2.36 PUT

      "PUT" SP path FS size FS checksum EOT

      path        = STRING
      size        = 1*DIGIT
      checksum    = STRING

   Request an upload of the file to be located at the remote path
   "path", with size "size" and the checksum "checksum". See
   section 4 for more details on transfers.

   Subject to the privilege "upload".
   
   On success, returns a 400 or 401.
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516, 521, 522 or 523.

6.2.37 READUSER

      "READUSER" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   Get the account specification for the user "name".

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On success, returns a 600.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.38 READGROUP

      "READGROUP" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   Get the account specification for the group "name".

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On success, returns a 601.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.39 SAY

      "SAY" SP chat FS message EOT

      chat       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Send the chat "message" to "chat".
   
   On success, causes a 300.

6.2.40 SEARCH

      "SEARCH" SP query EOT

      query    = STRING

   Search the files for filenames containing "query".
   
   On success, returns a chain of 420 and a terminating 421.

6.2.41 STAT

      "STAT" SP path EOT

   Get the file information for the file or folder "path".
   
   On success, returns a 402.

6.2.42 STATUS

      "STATUS" SP status EOT

      status    = STRING

   Change the status message to "status"
   
   On success, causes a 304.

6.2.43 TOPIC

      "TOPIC" SP chat FS topic EOT

      chat     = ID
      topic    = STRING

   Set the topic of "chat" to "topic".
   
   If "chat" is the public chat, subject to the privilege
   "change-topic".
   
   On success, causes a 341.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.44 TRANSFER

      "TRANSFER" SP hash EOT

      hash    = STRING

   Identify the transfer requested. See section 4 for more information 
   on files.

6.2.45 TYPE

      "TYPE" SP path FS type EOT

      path    = STRING
      type    = folder-type

   Set the type of the folder at "path" to "type".

   Subject to the privilege "alter-files".
   
   On failure, may return the errors 516 or 520.

6.2.46 USER

      "USER" SP login EOT

      login    = STRING

   Send login name. See section 3.1 for more information on the login 
   sequence.

6.2.47 USERS

      "USERS" EOT

   Get a listing of all the user accounts on the server.

   Subject to the privilege "edit-accounts".
   
   On success, returns a chain of 610 and a terminating 611.
   
   On failure, may return the error 516.

6.2.48 WHO

      "WHO" SP chat EOT

      chat   = ID

   Get the user list for "chat".
   
   On success, returns a chain of 310 and a terminating 311.

7 Server Messages

7.1 Message Format

   A message from a server to a client includes a unique three-digit 
   number, followed by a space, then optional fields, and a terminator.

      message       = identifier [SP argument] EOT
      identifier    = "200" | "201" | "202" | "203"
                      "300" | "301" | "302" | "303" | "304" | "305" |
                      "306" | "307" | "308" | "309" | "310" | "311" |
                      "320" | "321" | "322" | "330" | "331" | "332" |
                      "340" | "341"
                      "400" | "401" | "402" | "410" | "411" | "420" |
                      "421" |
                      "500" | "501" | "502" | "503" | "510" | "511"
                      "512" | "513" | "514" | "515" | "516" | "520" |
                      "521" | "522" | "523"
                      "600" | "601" | "610" | "611" | "620" | "621"

   The first digit of the identifier defines the class of response. The 
   last two digits do not have any categorization role. There are five 
   values for the first digit:

      2xx Information
      3xx Chat, news, messaging
      4xx Files, transfers
      5xx Errors
      6xx Administrative

7.2 200 Class Messages

7.2.1 200 Server Information

      "200" SP app-version FS protocol-version FS
               server-name FS server-description FS
               start-time FS files-count FS
               files-size

      server-name           = STRING
      server-description    = STRING
      start-time            = date-time
      files-count           = 1*DIGIT    ; Wired 1.1
      files-size            = 1*DIGIT    ; Wired 1.1

   Basic information about the server.

   See section 2.6 for a specification of "app-version" and
   "protocol-version".

   In response to "HELLO", or sent asynchronously.

7.2.2 201 Login Succeeded

      "201" SP user EOT

      user    = ID

   Login succeeded, client was assigned user id "user".

   In response to "PASS".

7.2.3 202 Ping Reply

      "202" SP "Pong" EOT

   In response to "PING".

7.2.4 203 Server Banner

      "203" SP image EOT

      image    = BASE64

   Server banner. The image data is contained in "image".

   In response to "BANNER".

7.3 300 Class Messages

7.3.1 300 Chat

      "300" SP chat FS user FS message EOT

      chat       = ID
      user       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Standard chat message from "user" on "chat". The chat message is 
   contained within "message ".

      user ":" SP message

7.3.2 301 Action Chat

      "301" SP chat FS user FS message EOT

      chat       = ID
      user       = ID
      message    = STRING

   Action chat message from "user" on "chat". The chat message is 
   contained within "message". Typical output format:

      "***" SP user SP message

7.3.3 302 Client Join

      "302" SP chat FS user FS idle FS admin FS icon FS nick FS login FS 
               ip FS host FS status FS image EOT

      chat      = ID
      user      = ID
      idle      = BOOLEAN
      admin     = BOOLEAN
      icon      = 1*DIGIT
      nick      = STRING
      login     = STRING
      ip        = IP
      host      = STRING
      status    = STRING    ; Wired 1.1
      image     = BASE64    ; Wired 1.1

   The client "user" joined "chat". If "chat" is the public chat, the
   client has joined the server.

   The rest of the fields are basic information on the client.

7.3.4 303 Client Leave

      303 SP chat FS user EOT

      chat     = ID
      user     = ID

   The client "user" left "chat". If "chat" is the public chat, the
   client has left the server.

7.3.5 304 Status Change

      "304" SP user FS idle FS admin FS icon FS nick FS status EOT

      user      = ID
      idle      = BOOLEAN
      admin     = BOOLEAN
      icon      = 1*DIGIT
      nick      = STRING
      status    = STRING    ; Wired 1.1

   The client "user" changed status. Any number of the given fields 
   have changed.

7.3.6 305 Private Message

      "305" SP user FS message EOT

      user        = ID
      message     = STRING

   The client "user" sent the receiver a private message. The actual 
   message is contained within "message".

7.3.7 306 Client Kicked

      "306" SP victim FS killer FS message EOT

      victim      = ID
      killer      = ID
      message     = STRING

   The client "victim" was kicked by "killer", who commented with 
   "message".

7.3.8 307 Client Banned

      "307" SP victim FS killer FS message EOT

      victim      = ID
      killer      = ID
      message     = STRING

   The client "victim" was banned by "killer", who commented with 
   "message".

7.3.9 308 Client Information

      "308" SP user FS idle FS admin FS icon FS nick FS login FS
               ip FS host FS client-version FS cipher-name FS 
               cipher-bits FS login-time FS idle-time FS
               downloads FS uploads FS status FS image EOT

      user              = ID
      idle              = BOOLEAN
      admin             = BOOLEAN
      icon              = 1*DIGIT
      nick              = STRING
      login             = STRING
      ip                = IP
      host              = STRING

      client-version    = [application-version]
      cipher-name       = [STRING]
      cipher-bits       = 1*DIGIT
      login-time        = date-time
      idle-time         = date-time
      downloads         = *(transfer [GS])
      uploads           = *(transfer [GS])
      status            = STRING    ; Wired 1.1
      image             = BASE64    ; Wired 1.1

      transfer          = path RS transferred RS size RS speed
      path              = STRING
      transferred       = 1*DIGIT
      size              = 1*DIGIT
      speed             = 1*DIGIT

   Extended client information for "user".

   "cipher-name" and "cipher-bits" describe the name of the encryption
   cipher the client connected using, and the strength in bits of said
   cipher. These fields may be empty or zero, respectively.

   "login-time" and "idle-time" respectively describe when the client 
   joined the server, and when the client was last active.

   "downloads" and "uploads" are optional fields that contain any number
   of "transfer", inter-spaced with RS. These fields may be empty.

   In response to "INFO".   

7.3.10 309 Broadcast Message

      "309" SP user FS message EOT

      user        = ID
      message     = STRING

   A server-wide broadcast message received from "user". The actual 
   message is contained within "message".

7.3.11 310 User List

      "310" SP chat FS user FS idle FS admin FS icon FS nick FS login FS 
               ip FS host FS status FS image EOT

      chat      = ID
      user      = ID
      idle      = BOOLEAN
      admin     = BOOLEAN
      icon      = 1*DIGIT
      nick      = STRING
      login     = STRING
      ip        = IP
      host      = STRING
      status    = STRING    ; Wired 1.1
      image     = BASE64    ; Wired 1.1

   A client in the user list. Same message format as 302.

   The user list comes sorted by the time each client joined,
   descending.

   In response to "WHO".

7.3.12 311 User List Done

      "311" SP chat EOT

      chat    = ID

   End of user list for "chat".

   In response to "WHO".

7.3.13 320 News

      "320" SP nick FS post-time FS post EOT

      nick         = STRING
      post-time    = date-time
      post         = STRING

   A news post, by "nick", posted at "post-time". The actual post
   is contained within "post".

   The news comes sorted by the time it was posted, ascending.

   In response to "NEWS".

7.3.14 321 News Done

      "321" SP "Done" EOT

   End of news transfer.

   In response to "NEWS".

7.3.15 322 News Posted

      "322" SP nick FS post-time FS post EOT

      nick         = STRING
      post-time    = date-time
      post         = STRING

   A new news post. Same message format as 320.

7.3.16 330 Private Chat Created

      "330" SP chat EOT

      chat     = ID

   A new private chat has been created on the server, and the received
   has been added to it.

   See section 3.2 for more information on private chat sequences.

   In response to "PRIVCHAT".

7.3.17 331 Private Chat Invitiation

      "331" SP chat FS user EOT

      chat     = ID
      user     = ID

   The client "user" has invited the received to the private chat
   "chat".

   See section 3.2 for more information on private chat sequences.

7.3.18 332 Private Chat Declined

      "332" SP chat FS user EOT

      chat     = ID
      user     = ID

   The client "user" declined the invitation to the chat "chat".

   See section 3.2 for more information on private chat sequences.

7.3.19 340 Client Image Change

      "340" SP user FS image EOT

      user      = ID
      image     = BASE64

   The client "user" has changed its custom image. Image data
   available in "image".

7.3.20 341 Chat Topic

      "341" SP chat FS nick FS login FS ip FS time FS topic EOT

      chat      = ID
      nick      = STRING
      login     = STRING
      ip        = IP
      time      = date-time
      topic     = STRING

   The topic for the chat "chat" was set by "nick", "login", "ip"
   at "time". The actual topic is contained in "topic".
   
   In reponse to "JOIN" and "PASS".

7.4 400 Class Messages

7.4.1 400 Transfer Ready

      "400" SP path FS offset FS hash EOT

      path      = STRING
      offset    = 1*DIGIT
      hash      = STRING

   The transfer of "path" is ready to begin. "hash" is a unique
   identifier for this particular transfer.

   See section 4 for more information on files.

   In response to "GET" and "PUT".

7.4.2 401 Transfer Queued

      "401" SP path FS position EOT

      path        = STRING
      position    = 1*DIGIT

   The transfer of "path" has been queued in line at "position". If
   "position" is greater than 1, additional 401 messages will be sent
   until the position reaches 0, at which point a 400 message will be
   sent.

   See section 4 for more information on files.

   In response to "GET" and "PUT".

7.4.3 402 File Information

      "402" SP path FS type FS size FS created FS modified FS
               checksum FS comment EOT

      path        = STRING
      type        = file-type
      size        = 1*DIGIT
      created     = date-time
      modified    = date-time
      checksum    = STRING
      comment     = STRING    ; Wired 1.1

   Extended file information for "path".

   See section 4 for more information on files.

   In response to "STAT".

7.4.4 410 File Listing

      "410" SP path FS type FS size FS created FS modified EOT

      path        = STRING
      type        = file-type
      size        = 1*DIGIT
      created     = date-time    ; Wired 1.1
      modified    = date-time    ; Wired 1.1

   A file in the file listing.

   The file listing comes sorted by filename, descending.

   See section 4 for more information on files.

   In response to "LIST".

7.4.5 411 File Listing Done

      "411" SP path FS free EOT

      path    = STRING
      free    = 1*DIGIT

   End of file listing for "path". "free" contains the number of octets
   available in the file system that "path" resides on. This number
   should only be sent for paths where the receiver has uploads 
   privileges, otherwise a value of zero should be sent. It is up to the
   client to determine whether this zero means a full file system or a
   lack of privileges.

   In response to "LIST".

7.4.6 420 Search Listing

      "420" SP path FS type FS size FS created FS modified EOT

      path        = STRING
      type        = file-type
      size        = 1*DIGIT
      created     = date-time    ; Wired 1.1
      modified    = date-time    ; Wired 1.1

   A file in the search listing. Same message format as 410.

   The sorting of the search listing is undefined.

   See section 4 for more information on files.

   In response to "SEARCH".

7.4.7 421 Search Listing Done

      "421" SP "Done" EOT

   End of search listing.

   In response to "SEARCH".

7.5 500 Class Messages

7.5.1 500 Command Failed

      "500" SP "Command Failed" EOT

   An undefined internal error prevented the command from completing.

7.5.2 501 Command Not Recognized

      "501" SP "Command Not Recognized" EOT

   The command was not recognized.

7.5.3 502 Command Not Implemented

      "502" SP "Command Not Implemented" EOT

   The command has not been implemented by the server.

7.5.4 503 Syntax Error

      "503" SP "Syntax Error" EOT

   There was a syntax error in the command.

7.5.5 510 Login Failed

      "510" SP "Login Failed" EOT

   The login could not complete, the login and/or password provided did 
   not match a valid entry.

7.5.6 511 Banned

      "511" SP "Banned" EOT

   The login could not complete, the user is banned.

7.5.7 512 Client Not Found

      "512" SP "Client Not Found" EOT

   The server could not find the client referred to.

7.5.8 513 Account Not Found

      "513" SP "Account Not Found" EOT

   The server could not find the account referred to.

7.5.9 514 Account Exists

      "514" SP "Account Exists" EOT

   The account referred to already exists.

7.5.10 515 Cannot Be Disconnected

      "515" SP "Cannot Be Disconnected" EOT

   The user attempted to kick or ban another user that has the privilege
   "cannot-be-disconnected".

7.5.11 516 Permission Denied

      "516" SP "Permission Denied" EOT

   The command could not complete, the client lacks sufficient 
   privileges.

7.5.12 520 File or Directory Not Found

      "520" SP "File or Directory Not Found" EOT

   The file or directory referred to could not be found.

7.5.13 521 File or Directory Exists

      "521" SP "File or Directory Exists" EOT

   There already exists a file or directory at the path referred to.

7.5.14 522 Checksum Mismatch

      "522" SP "Checksum Mismatch" EOT

   The two checksums do not match.

7.5.15 523 Queue Limit Exceeded

      "523" SP "Queue Limit Exceeded" EOT

   The client has exhausted its per-client transfer limit. The transfer
   cannot be entered into the server queue.

7.6 600 Class Messages

7.6.1 600 User Specification

      "600" SP name FS password FS group FS privileges EOT

      name        = STRING
      password    = STRING
      group       = STRING

   A specification of a user account.

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

   In response to "READUSER".

7.6.2 601 Group Specification

      "601" SP name FS privileges EOT

      name    = STRING

   A specification of a group account.

   See section 2.9 for a specification of "privileges".

   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

   In response to "READGROUP".

7.6.3 602 Privileges Specification

      "602" SP privileges EOT

   The privileges mask for the receiver.

   See section 2.8 for a specification of "privileges".

   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

   In response to "PRIVILEGES".

7.6.4 610 User Listing

      "610" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   A user account in the user accounts listing.

   The sorting of the user accounts listing is undefined.

   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

   In response to "USERS".

7.6.5 611 User Listing Done

      "611" SP "Done" EOT

   End of user listing.

   In response to "USERS".

7.6.6 620 Group Listing

      "620" SP name EOT

      name    = STRING

   A group account in the group accounts listing.

   The sorting of the group accounts listing is undefined.

   See section 5 for more information on accounts.

   In response to "GROUPS".

7.6.7 621 Group Listing Done

      "621" SP "Done" EOT

   End of group listing.

   In response to "GROUPS".

8 References

    [1] Dierks, D. and Allen, C., "The TLS Protocol Version 1.0", RFC 
        2246, January 1999.

    [2] Eastlake, D., "US Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA1)", RFC 3174, 
        September 2001.

    [3] "Information Technology - Universal Multiple- Octet Coded 
        Character Set (UCS) - Part 1: Architecture and Basic Multilingual 
        Plane", ISO/IEC 10646-1:1993. 

    [4] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646", RFC 
        2279, January 1998.

    [5] "Data elements and interchange formats - Information interchange 
        - Representation of dates and times", ISO 8601:1988(E), 
        International Organization for Standardization, June, 1988.

    [6] Newman, C., "Date and Time on the Internet: Timestamps", RFC 
        3339, July 2002.

    [7] "Coded Character Set - 7-Bit American Standard Code for 
        Information Interchange", Standard ANSI X3.4-1986, ANSI, 1986.

    [8] Postel, J., "Assigned Numbers", RFC 790, September 1981.

    [9] Hinden, R. and Deering, S., "IP Version 6 Addressing 
        Architecture", RFC 1884, December 1995.
   
   [10] Andersson, A., "Wired Protocol 1.0", Zanka Software RFC 1,
        March 2004.
   
   [11] Borenstein, N., and N. Freed, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
        Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message
        Bodies", RFC 2045, November 1996.

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