Inter-MUD protocol
IMC2
Inter-MUD Communications 2
In use today
Documented current use
Legacy
A router-based inter-MUD network associated with Merc, SMAUG, ROM, Diku, and related families.
Protocol overview
- First seen
- Late 2004
- Present-day status
- In use today
- In use today?
- Yes, with documented current use.
- Legacy?
- Yes. It may still matter for compatibility or historical systems.
- Layer
- Inter-MUD protocol
- Transport
- TCP star network with central routers
- Research validated
Current use and fit
Still described as in use, assisted by bridging with I3.
Implementation essentials
- Connect each MUD to a configured router and implement newline-framed network packets.
- Keep credentials and routing policy in a dedicated inter-MUD service.
Compatibility and safety notes
- The historical framing does not define modern text encoding clearly.
- A central router is a trust and availability dependency.
Original specifications and sources
- MUD Standards IMC2 specification 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.