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> Why would an IRC op want to keep his/her nickname from becoming public? That isn't what they said. > On IRC, even IP addresses are public. This may still b
by nknighthb 14y ago
> Why would an IRC op want to keep his/her nickname from becoming public?
That isn't what they said.
> On IRC, even IP addresses are public.
This may still be true on efnet. It has ceased to be true on many IRC networks. And even where it is, VPNs, shell accounts, tor, and similar methods are readily available to make the IP address worthless.
> Hetzners reaction seems entirely reasonable to me
Please tell us where you work so we can all be certain never to report any sort of abuse to your employer non-anonymously.
- DangerousPie 14y ago> That isn't what they said. How not? The forum seems to be down now but the announcement heavily implied that all that was "leaked" was the nick name of an operator, which they claimed could somehow be used to deduce the real name and address.
- nknighthb 14y agoThe problem is not the public knowledge of a nick, but the information that the person using that nick made the complaint. It paints a target on a person whose nick is very often publicly associated with a real identity.