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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: vonLandenhausen on October 14, 2004, 10:15 AM

Poll
Question: Which IRC Server do you use?
Option 1: QuakeNet votes: 1
Option 2: Undernet votes: 1
Option 3: IRCnet votes: 0
Option 4: DALnet votes: 1
Option 5: EFnet votes: 1
Title: best IRC Server
Post by: vonLandenhausen on October 14, 2004, 10:15 AM
i use Quakenet
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: iago on October 14, 2004, 12:04 PM
I use task.x0r.ca.  It's my friend's.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Meh on October 14, 2004, 12:08 PM
xgn.darkexile.com
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: muert0 on October 14, 2004, 12:17 PM
irc.unerror.net
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: UserLoser. on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
Where's the None - IRC is too eww?
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Yoni on October 14, 2004, 04:19 PM
Uhh... Freenode? Duh.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: iago on October 14, 2004, 05:39 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
Where's the None - IRC is too eww?

Too eww? How so, exactly?
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Newby on October 14, 2004, 05:45 PM
Quote from: iago on October 14, 2004, 05:39 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
Where's the None - IRC is too eww?

Too eww? How so, exactly?
People on Battle.net tend to not like IRC. From what I've seen, 85% of the time, it's been that way.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: UserLoser. on October 14, 2004, 05:47 PM
Quote from: iago on October 14, 2004, 05:39 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
Where's the None - IRC is too eww?

Too eww? How so, exactly?

Passwords sent in plain text?  What is this :p

Edit: Yes, what Kp said, showing off IP, too
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Kp on October 14, 2004, 06:50 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 05:47 PM
Quote from: iago on October 14, 2004, 05:39 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PMWhere's the None - IRC is too eww?
Too eww? How so, exactly?
Passwords sent in plain text?  What is this :p

and don't forget that most servers like showing off your IP, so that script kiddies like Bsd can DDoS you!
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Falcon[anti-yL] on October 14, 2004, 06:53 PM
I don't use IRC :)
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: muert0 on October 14, 2004, 06:56 PM
Quote from: Newby on October 14, 2004, 05:45 PM
Quote from: iago on October 14, 2004, 05:39 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
Where's the None - IRC is too eww?

Too eww? How so, exactly?
People on Battle.net tend to not like IRC. From what I've seen, 85% of the time, it's been that way.
There are a few people here that go on battle.net that just listed servers.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Newby on October 14, 2004, 07:00 PM
@ UserLoser: You don't have to log in, you know. Having a registered nick is optional. :)

@ Kp: From the majority of the servers I have been on, you can mask your IP with a vhost of some sort.

I tend to use tmp's server and Gamesurge.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: UserLoser. on October 14, 2004, 07:02 PM
Quote from: Newby on October 14, 2004, 07:00 PM
@ UserLoser: You don't have to log in, you know. Having a registered nick is optional. :)

@ Kp: From the majority of the servers I have been on, you can mask your IP with a vhost of some sort.

I tend to use tmp's server and Gamesurge.

What's the point of having accounts if they don't require passwords? (Yes I knew that they didn't before my post, but according to RFC 1459 passwords if used are sent in plain text).  I can go on as Newby, mask my IP with a vhost of some sort and say I'm you, that's just lame and blehish :P
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: muert0 on October 14, 2004, 07:04 PM
The server I go on masks my IP  automatically but I don't know that there is no way for someone to dig it up.
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: Newby on October 14, 2004, 07:10 PM
Who cares if somebody impersonates you? It's IRC, just log on as yourname_ and prove that someone else is using your nick. Shouldn't be too hard, nobody has your passwords that way. :)
Title: Re: best IRC Server
Post by: mynameistmp on October 15, 2004, 02:12 AM
My favourite server is EFnet.

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Edit: Yes, what Kp said, showing off IP, too

Unrealircd includes modules (by default) that use 3 user-configured cloaking keys to mangle users' hosts. Only the server can then decipher the hostname. This is only done if the proper usermode is set (+x). It is by default.

http://www.vulnscan.org/UnrealIrcd/unreal32docs.html#feature_cloaking

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What's the point of having accounts if they don't require passwords?

Services for that: http://www.epona.org/

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Yes I knew that they didn't before my post, but according to RFC 1459 passwords if used are sent in plain text

That's what SSL connections are for:

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Public key algorithm: rsaEncryption (1024 bits)
---   Public key algorithm uses ephemeral key with -1073744936 bits
---   Sign algorithm md5WithRSAEncryption (0 bits)
---   Valid since Aug 27 08:47:37 2004 GMT to Aug 27 08:47:37 2005 GMT
--- * Cipher info:
---   Version: TLSv1/SSLv3, cipher AES256-SHA (256 bits)
--- * Verify E: self signed certificate.? (18) -- Ignored
--- Connected. Now logging in..

Note that now, not only are passwords sent encrypted, but ALL information including chat is encrypted. The data is not decrypted until it reaches the clients, the server cannot intercept. Servers that allow secure/non-secure connections and the ability to create secure connection only (+z) channels as a regular user offer flexible solutions to creating privacy for picky individuals while allowing other users to opt out and just use general chat.