This is the DogCollar connection found in GuarDDog v. 5, now available for everyone to use.

DogCollar Connection is probably one of the most optional connections around. With the use of MDX, it customizes the connection just that little bit extra to suite your script. DogCollar also has several abilities such as long nickname support, long room name support, advanced searcher, auto hop abilities for certain events, auto rejoin on disconnect, room creation, as well as stored details for room creation, allowing auto creation to occur based on stored details, ability to hide status window, and many other features.

This is said to be one of the fastest connections around for mIRC 6.16 and mIRC 6.17. As researched, most of the problems that occur in mIRC 6.17 is not because of mIRC, but the connection, this should hopefully make the transition more easier and accessible.

Fixed up auth method to remove any unrequired code.
Redid profile scanner so that it works with the latest changes to the profile setup (as of Live! control from August).
Add signals for find sockets.
Other minor bug fixes.