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diff --git a/doc/Protocol.txt b/doc/Protocol.txt
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--- a/doc/Protocol.txt
+++ b/doc/Protocol.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
 
-                        (c)2001-2007 Alexander Barton,
+                        (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton,
                     alex@barton.de, http://www.barton.de/
 
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ The following <serverflags> are defined at the moment:
 - o: IRC operators are allowed to change channel- and channel-user-modes
      even if they aren't channel-operator of the affected channel.
 
+- S: The server supports the SERVICE command (on this link).
+
 - Z: Compressed server links are supported by the server.
 
 Example for a complete <flags> string: "ngircd|0.7.5:CZ".
@@ -139,11 +141,17 @@ therefore to disconnect the peer prior to registering it in the network.
 II.3 Exchange channel-modes, topics, and persistent channels
 
      Command: CHANINFO
-  Parameters: <channel> +<modes> <key> <limit> [<topic>]
+  Parameters: <channel> +<modes> [[<key> <limit>] <topic>]
      Used by: servers only
 
 CHANINFO is used by servers to inform each other about a channel: its
-modes, channel key, user limits and its topic. <topic> is optional.
+modes, channel key, user limits and its topic. The parameter combination
+<key> and <limit> is optional, as well as the <topic> parameter, so that
+there are three possible forms of this command:
+
+  CHANINFO <channel> +<modes>
+  CHANINFO <channel> +<modes> <topic>
+  CHANINFO <channel> +<modes> <key> <limit> <topic>
 
 If the channel already exists on the server receiving the CHANINFO command,
 it only adopts the <modes> (or the <topic>) if there are no modes (or topic)
@@ -160,5 +168,16 @@ a channel has no user limit (the parameter <modes> doesn't list the "l"
 channel mode). In this case <limit> should be "0".
 
 
--- 
-$Id: Protocol.txt,v 1.14 2007/11/21 12:16:35 alex Exp $
+II.4 Update webchat/proxy client information
+
+     Command: WEBIRC
+  Parameters: <password> <username> <hostname> <ip-address>
+     Used by: unregistered clients only
+
+The WEBIRC command is used by some Web-to-IRC gateways to set the correct
+user name and host name of users instead of their own. It must be the very
+first command sent to the server, even before USER and NICK commands!
+
+The <password> must be set in the server configuration file to prevent
+unauthorized clients to fake their identity; it is an arbitrary string.
+