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<td><b><font size=2 color="white">&nbsp;<a name="description"></a>&nbsp;ICQ SSI authorization sequence description</font></b></td>
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There is "authorization" term in ICQ service. Every ICQ user can set its 
authorization flag to protect himself against undesirable talks. If user 
has enabled its authorization flag another user can't add it to contact 
list without permission (and theoretically can't get its presence notices). 
ICQ clones use <a href="families.html#f0003">BLM service</a> to get presence 
for users they can't add to SSI. Here is the sequence to get permission from 
user to add it to contact list:
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=35 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=120 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_11.html">SNAC(13,11)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 starts SSI transaction</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=35 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=120 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_08.html">SNAC(13,08)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 sends SSI add user #2 request</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=35 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=120 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_12.html">SNAC(13,12)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 ends SSI transaction</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_0e.html">SNAC(13,0E)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server reply with error 0x0E (auth required for user #2)</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_14.html">SNAC(13,14)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 sends SSI future auth to user #2 (optional)</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_18.html">SNAC(13,18)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 sends SSI authorization request to user #2</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=35 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=120 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_11.html">SNAC(13,11)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 starts SSI transaction</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_08.html">SNAC(13,08)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 sends add user request with TLV(0x66)</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=35 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&gt;&gt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 width=120 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_12.html">SNAC(13,12)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;User #1 ends SSI transaction</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_0e.html">SNAC(13,0E)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server reply: operation finished succesfully</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 colspan=3 height=25 valign=middle><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Some time later... (after user #2 send authorization reply to user #1)</font></td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_1B.html">SNAC(13,1B)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server sends SSI auth reply received from user #2</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_11.html">SNAC(13,11)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server starts transaction to edit user ssi local copy</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_09.html">SNAC(13,09)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server remove TLV(0x66) from contact awaiting auth</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_13_12.html">SNAC(13,12)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Server ends transaction</td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 colspan=3 height=25 valign=middle><font size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;Now client should move user #2 to contact list</font></td>
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<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>&lt;&lt;</b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="snac_03_0b.html">SNAC(03,0B)</a></b></td>
<td bgcolor=#f9f9f9 valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;Presense notification for user #2 (if user #2 online)</td>
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