Inter-MUD protocol
Arachnos
Arachnos Intermud
Niche use
Documented current use
An inter-MUD design in which an external spider uses MSDP and discovers support through the MSSP INTERMUD field.
Protocol overview
- First seen
- Date not established
- Present-day status
- Niche use
- In use today?
- Yes, with documented current use.
- Legacy?
- No.
- Layer
- Inter-MUD protocol
- Transport
- A spider connects to ordinary MUD ports and uses MSDP
- Research validated
Current use and fit
Niche but architecturally convenient for an MSDP and MSSP-capable server.
Implementation essentials
- Advertise support through the MSSP INTERMUD value.
- Keep spider authentication and MSDP events separate from player sessions.
Compatibility and safety notes
- The spider connects through a public game endpoint.
- MSSP advertisements do not authenticate the network peer.
Original specifications and sources
- MUD Standards preservation Preservation
Where an original site has disappeared, a preservation archive is linked and identified as such. MUDVerse does not claim authorship of the original protocol.