From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 4 19: 4:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0105837B400 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:04:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from houston.rr.com (cs2417481-85.houston.rr.com [24.174.81.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54CFA43E4A for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 19:04:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mystical@houston.rr.com) Received: from houston.rr.com (mystical@localhost.houston.rr.com [127.0.0.1]) by houston.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g85244o6023066 for ; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:04:09 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from mystical@houston.rr.com) Received: (from mystical@localhost) by houston.rr.com (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g8524385023065 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:04:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 21:04:03 -0500 From: Joseph To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Forging identd while chatting in IRC channel Message-ID: <20020905020403.GA23029@houston.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've noticed on irc servers, that when people join, their location is given away. I was wondering if there was a way to 'hide' this sensitive piece of information, while still being able to connect to a server... woe is I, woe is me To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message