Re: logging of identd-responses in ircd

[Bjorn Reese <breese@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, matthew green wrote:

> "personally".  personal opinions should stop ircd from being able
> to do something.  i personally think that ident and the prefix crap
> should be totally optional.

What is the purpose of the prefixes when the characters used aren't
considered illegal in usernames. Anyone with just half a brain can log
on as ~user, +user, etc. using a Win client (say mIRC.)