04-04-2010, 10:17 PM | #1 |
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Mud Server Status Protocol
MUD listings are often out dated and lack accurate information. Verifying that the one submitting a new MUD is a member of the MUD's administration can be quite tedious as well.
The MUD Server Status Protocol (MSSP) seeks to address these issues by providing a transparent protocol for MUD crawlers to gather detailed information about a MUD, including dynamic information like boot time and number of online players. MSSP also simplifies submitting a new mud entry as it only requires a player or admin to fill in the hostname and port. MSSP is implemented by 40 MUD servers, 9 codebases, and 2 MUD directories as of March 2010. Implementing MSSP is easy by using the Plaintext version. Whenever a new connection inputs MSSP-REQUEST the MUD sends back a series of tab and new line delimited variables and values. MUDs that don't want to clutter their command interface can implement MSSP as a TELNET sub negotiation instead. Implementation details, links, and various resources are available on the page. |
04-08-2010, 06:14 PM | #2 |
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Re: Mud Server Status Protocol
This is a very good idea!
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04-09-2010, 07:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: Mud Server Status Protocol
You can add AFKMud to your list of codebases, it has supported plaintext MSSP since 2.1.1.
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04-10-2010, 03:49 PM | #4 |
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Re: Mud Server Status Protocol
Added AFKMud.
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