Re: your mail

[Thomas Kuiper <engerim@xxxxxxxxx>]

I know many flames will start on this topic, so move the discussion
to ircd-users please :-)

He's right that a "hiding" algorithm should be there, but
I think its hard to implement. I dont like it either but
would be nice for the people who are tired of smurf and other
TCP/IP attacks.

Greets,
Engerim


On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Subhi S Hashwa wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I know this might be too latet plan to add to ircd 2.11. but what do you
> think. 
> With nick collisions eliminated from ircnet, people are going to start
> looking for new ways to attack and takeover channels, so I think one of the
> ways they will do it is to attack channel users directly. By icmp, smurf ,
> whatever. 
> 
> I know this is not a new idea, but nevertheless I think it will be a good
> addon to ircnet , especially with the high ratio of idiots we have.
> 
> User is NickName!ident@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> sets mode +h nickname (Stands for Hidden)
> 
> becomes User is NickName!ident@user-id x server-id.host.com
> 
> Only opers on local server can see the real ip
> 
> bans wont be a problem because then you can ban people using a certain
> server too. DCC shouldnt be affected. and @host.com domain will be changed
> to @uidXsid.host.com
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 
> -Subhi
> InfraRed
> Error 203. G:\shared\usr\.pgp\.signature not found.
> 
>