Editing XDCC (section)

== History ==
Limitations in the original [[Direct Client-to-Client|DCC protocol]] prevented the transfers of very large files, or groups of files. XDCC was developed to allow batching of files together, and requesting/sending those files to others.<ref name="Securing">{{cite book|author1=Sachs, Marcus |author2=Piccard, Paul |year=2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZU95ZdQ908C&pg=PA387 |title=Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise |publisher=Syngress |page=387|isbn=978-1-59749-017-7 |access-date=2013-04-09|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

XDCC was initially a [[Script (computer programming)|script]] written in 1994 for [[ircII]]<ref name="the book of irc">{{cite book | last = Charalabidis | first = Alex | title = The Book of IRC: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Relay Chat | edition = 1st | date = 1999-12-15 | publisher = [[No Starch Press]] | location = [[San Francisco, California]] | isbn = 1-886411-29-8 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/bookofirc00char/page/219 219&nbsp;– 220] | chapter = DCC: File Servers and XDCC | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/bookofirc00char/page/219 }}</ref> by Xabi. This script extends the ircII DCC command. Now XDCC refers to [[IRC bot]]s running [[file sharing]] programs in general.<ref name="steal this file sharing book">{{cite book | last = Wang | first = Wallace | title = Steal this File Sharing Book | edition = 1st | date = 2004-10-25 | publisher = [[No Starch Press]] | location = [[San Francisco, California]] | isbn = 1-59327-050-X | page = [https://archive.org/details/stealthisfilesha00wang/page/66 66] | chapter = Instant Messaging and Online Chat Rooms: Downloading files from IRC | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/stealthisfilesha00wang/page/66 }}</ref> XDCC bots serve one or more usually large files for download using the [[Direct Client-to-Client|DCC protocol]]. XDCC is commonly employed in distributing illegal content, such as [[warez]] releases of software, music, and movies.