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InterMUD or interMU * communications is the commonly accepted terminology for different methods of allowing MUDs to communicate with each other. Some of the more common of these methods are custom protocols over the internet, IPC messages, and bots. The custom protocol method, which is by far the most popular method, has even led to the emergence of the interMUD communication network. These networks are capable of allowing numerous MUDs to communicate with each other. As a result of this ability to have so many MUDs on a particular network, it is not uncommon to have MUDs connected to two or three of these networks in order to have a wide variety of other MUDs to communicate with. Below is an overview of the more well-known custom protocols. The first InterMUD network was created using the TMI Mudlib in 1992, when the MudOS driver incorporated network socket support. ==Intermud-3== Intermud-3, more commonly referred to as I3, uses TCP connections in order to connect each MUD to a central server, where most messages are routed through the server to other MUDs. In addition, I3 permits OOB (out-of-band) connections between MUDs, which temporarily results in direct communication between two participating MUDs. One of the primary benefits of I3 is that it allows MUDs to connect to I3 networks without server admin intervention. In recent years, I3 has been extended to support multiple routers on a single network for load balancing and redundancy. Since its initial incarnation in the mid 90s, the I3 protocol has gone through 3 revisions, adding various new features and suggestions for a future inter router network. As of early 2007, a practical inter router network implementation exists, and as of late 2008, an inter router network specification is available. Currently, there are three major I3 networks: gjs, which was run by Greg Stein (Deathblade); yatmim, which is run by the maintainer of the Dead Souls Mudlib; and adsr, which is run by the team at Anarres. Unfortunately the gjs network, which was the first public I3 network, is no longer very stable. As of March 2007, the gjs router has been down for over seven months. This has resulted in yatmim becoming a very popular network. Disagreement over network policy led to the creation of adsr as an alternative to yatmim. There are also a few isolated servers that are used primarily for testing purposes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「InterMUD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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