-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- And verily Panzer Boy doth spake unto thee:
The "fix" I decided was to modify the server code and make all connections completely anonymous. Anonyminity is to all, the Server keeps no long-term records of the machines it is connected to, and the only connection information it keeps is in socket information. Owning the Server does not give you access to Clients information. Now, the only way people are identified by, is their chosen Nickname or alias. I have this server up and running on my own machine with basically no one using it currently. I would like to see what people think, pros & cons, of real-time anonymous chat.
Obviously you have not used IRC much... I think this idea would be exceptionally bad. On IRC, for those that have not used it, there are channel operators (chops) on each channel. They have the power to kick and ban people from the channel, if they are being abusive or exremely irritating (eg flooding everyone) . By removing the client information, you remove the efficiency of a ban (usu it applys the the person's userid from any machine on the same domain)... This would make it very easy for one person in a bad mood to ruin a channel for everyone. And believe me, there are usually serveral people of that kind on the net. Perhaps you could set up your own IRC net (similar to the undernet) and have it anonymous, but I would highly recommend against trying this on the standard IRC net. -- S. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.2 iQCVAgUBLHU0my0bkpXW3omvAQGXzAP/ZN6XuQ+WUcndenDVHZ+D3RFxwRR/6gAU Qi2SbhjaBnBj2jJAgimMx6U8zEIlAGk1CQaoWpigi1vZAUwChw9NqXGmRePHHYho 8lwj6GbJZqY5Av0cb0ytdssFcgSwGr5oGbv0JPcceoAL7Hqg+UJGsZ2PfZXwuJhd QWbC9a5J28c= =Z53c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----