On Mon, 25 Apr 1994 rishab@dxm.ernet.in wrote:

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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