Editing SILC (protocol) (section)

{{Short description|Protocol}}
[[Image:Secure Internet Live Conferencing logo.png|right]]
{{Infobox networking protocol
| title        = SILC
| logo         = Secure Internet Live Conferencing logo.png
| logo alt     = 
| image        = 
| image alt    = 
| caption      = 
| is stack     = No
| abbreviation = SILC
| purpose      = [[Synchronous conferencing]]
| developer    = Pekka Riikonen
| date         = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| based on     = 
| influenced   = 
| osilayer     = [[Application layer]]
| ports        = 706/tcp, 706/udp
| rfcs         = 
}}
'''SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol)''' is a [[protocol (computing)|protocol]] that provides secure [[synchronous conferencing]] services (very much like [[IRC]]) over the [[Internet]].<ref>[http://www.linux.com/articles/20748 SILC, a new generation secure chat protocol - Linux.com]</ref>