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[blackbunny]

I know that there is a way for irc users to be anonymous but when i find a prog or a proxy i have no idea how to use it

so if any1 knows how to become anonymous can u explain it to me plz

 

[MedNez]

That depends how you define anonymous.

You can specify a nickname and identd that are nothing related to you, but your IP / Host mask will be tracable to you.

Vhosts

A normal ' /whois ' on a user, may return the following:

MedNez!med@111.d3.bigpond.net.au

In the format of Nickname!Ident@hostmask

A vhost (virtualhost), transforms that into the following:

MedNez!med@whatever.you.want.com

However, you have to buy virtualhosts, and they can still be traced back if one has the right knowledge and technology to do so.

Invisible Mode

Most IRC networks have the +i option, which sets you as invisible on the Network, but that doesn't really give you anonymity.

Network Protection

Some networks, such as Austnet (the network #hsc is on), provide an automatic masking system for their users.

So instead of MedNez!med@111.d3.bigpond.net.au, it appears as MedNez!med@vw22350.bigpond.net.au , or a similar vwXXXXX code, to hide your actual address.

This however, too, can be bypassable unfortunately.

Proxies

If you are behind a proxy, you might have 255 computers on your network, and if one of them connects to IRC, depending on the setup you may all have the same IP. This does, in a way, make you anonymous to the outside because it could be one of two hundred and fifty five people, however that's not really a help since you can be traced internally if you're doing the wrong thing.

Programs, Packet blockers

Programs to capture information request packets, alter them, and send them back can be obtained, but

1) Don't always work
2) Can be malicious and not worth the risk

In short

There is no anonymity on the Internet. You can always be traced, no matter how high the skill level (assuming you don't work for some Government Intelligence Organisation ;P), and I can't really think of any reason you'd want to have absolute anonymity on IRC unless conducting dealings that may or may not be appropriate or morally correct.

I hope this has given a bit of help - you can't become _absolutely_ anonymous, but you can make it more and more difficult for someone to trace you.

Regards,

MedNez

 

[Grizzly]

MedneZ,

How do you give AUTO-OPS to someone ? Even when they change their nick often.

 

[MedNez]

That depends what network you are on =)

Usually services administrates this.

On DALnet, where I usually sit, ChanServ is the service that looks after channels, and you have to add a user to the op list for them to get auto ops. This requires you to:

1) Add their primary registered nick the aop / sop list
2) Have them identify to the nick (even if they are not in it) before they join your channel.

This means even though they aren't using a familiar nick, they have identified to a known Operator nick, and will get +o when they join your channel.

On other networks however, you would have to consult the documentation for their services. Usually messaging the channel service will give you a list of commands of how to add people to an auto op / auto voice list.

Med

 

[:: ck ::]

in the channel im at i do /aop <insert user/host here> and they op pl

i think theres /avoice too

 

[blackbunny]

hey i tried to search for anon proxies and could not find any do u know wer i can find 1ns that work

 

[anti]

If you use mirc (and probably other clients .. but i don't use features on other ones) you can set up auto-op lists, provided you are an operator on the channel and the channel is not op-protected (ie only people on a bot's op list are allowed to have +o)

it's somewhere in the options, just look for 'perform when user enters channel' or something like that.

 

[MedNez]

Ah of course, or script it.

on !@*:JOIN:#channel:{
if ($nick == Usernicknamhere...) { mode $chan +o $nick }
}

However, I suggest you only use that if really desperate / for +v only, since if anyone joins under the nick in your list, they will get +o. That's not a problem if you have SecureOps on (meaning services won't let you give +o to anyone who has not identified) - but that brings us back to my original statement - depends on the Network.

Med