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Why SILC does not have LINKS command like in IRC?

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Why SILC does not have LINKS command like in IRC?

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281 A: It was felt that this information as an own command in SILC is not 282 necessary. Moreover, the topology of the network might be undisclosed 283 information even though the servers and routers in the network are 284 still open. We feel that the network topology information, if it is 285 wanted to be public, and the list of accessible servers can be made 286 available in other ways than providing command like LINKS, which shows 287 the active server links in IRC.

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It was felt that this information as an own command in SILC is not necessary. Moreover, the topology of the network might be undisclosed information even though the servers and routers in the network are still open. We feel that the network topology information, if it is wanted to be public, and the list of accessible servers can be made available in other ways than providing command like LINKS, which shows the active server links in IRC.

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