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silc-server (silcd) is the server for the SILC protocol.
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SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
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secure conferencing services in the Internet over insecure channel.
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SILC superficially resembles IRC, although they are very different
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internally. SILC is much more than just about `encrypting the traffic'.
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That is easy enough to do with IRC and SSL hybrids, but even then the
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entire network cannot be secured, only part of it.
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SILC provides security services, such as sending private messages entirely
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secure; noone can see the message except you and the real receiver of the
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message. SILC also provides same functionality for channels; noone except
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those clients joined to the channel may see the messages destined to the
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channel. Communication between client and server is also secured with
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session keys and all commands, authentication data (such as passwords etc.)
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and other traffic is entirely secured. The entire network, and all parts of
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it, is secured.
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SILC has secure key exchange protocol that is used to create the session keys
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for each connection. SILC also provides strong authentication based on either
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passwords or public key authentication. All authentication data is always
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encrypted in the SILC network. Each connection has their own session keys,
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all channels have channel specific keys, and all private messages can be
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secured with private message specific keys.
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FLAVORs:
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operops - Patches in the ability for a SILC operator to give
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themselves operator status on any channel. Please
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note that SILC explicitly prohibits this.
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