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Soft ban
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Users matching a soft ban (also called: soft kline or soft gline) are only be allowed in if they authenticate with services.
Placing a soft ban[edit]
On IRC you prefix the KLINE or GLINE with a percent sign: /GLINE %*@192.168.* 0 Please authenticate.
In spamfilter and in the configuration file several soft actions are available.
Effect on the user[edit]
Assuming you have the optional module authprompt loaded the user will see this:
[11:56:08] -server.test.net- The server requires clients from this IP address to authenticate with a registered nickname and password. [11:56:08] -server.test.net- Please reconnect using SASL, or authenticate now by typing: /AUTH nick:password [11:56:08] -server.test.net- If you don't have a registered account then go to https://example.org/
The user can then configure SASL in their IRC client, or they can simply type /AUTH nickname:password
Only after successful authentication the user will be fully online. So before authentication the user cannot join channels, message users, etc.
More information[edit]
For more information on forcing authentication and conditional banning, see the Authentication article.