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Re: Internet Relay Chat
> On Mon, 25 Apr 1994 [email protected] wrote:
> > I've noticed some discussions of IRC (Internet Relay Chat), both as a possible
> > model for CP interactions, as well as a location for implementations of
> > BlackNet (in #wares, etc.)
> >
> > Note that IRC, unlike MUDS, has been designed to ensure 'true-names'. While
> > you do use nicknames, anyone can find out the machine name and user ID you are
> > logged in from, with a /whois. Anytime you join or leave a channel, your full
> > machine name and user ID is displayed to everyone, along with your nick. This
> > is different from any (possibly pseudonymous) e-mail address you register for
> > incoming mail.
>
> Fraid not....it's a trivial matter to fake the username, and if yer a
> smart cookie, faking the hostname is just as easy.
as far as I know, you have to hack the server to fake hostname.
historically this practice has been frowned upon by the majority
of IRC administrators.
but yes, faking username is trivial.
josh