[IRCServices] secure Identify Feature..

David D. Wachtveitl dwachtve at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 13 18:59:09 PDT 2004


Well, except on nicks you have the option, on the channel founder you do
not, is that not the whole point trying to be made here?  In this day and
age, it is getting to the point where you can barely go to the bathroom
without being "watched" in some manner.   The real answer would be to crypt
the passwords (so they can't be snooped/sniffed) and to not allow them to be
seen on the screen.  Knowing that is not going to happen, the current
suggestion would be a good solution.

Just my .02

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Church" <achurch at achurch.org>
To: <ircservices at ircservices.za.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: RE: RE: [IRCServices] secure Identify Feature..


> >Also, it would prevent an "over the shoulder" viewer of the password the
> >ability to use it.  I keep an access mask on my nick ident for this very
> >reason.  I think it makes some sense to have this on the channel founder
as
> >well (as an option).  Of course, if for some reason you are the founder
and
> >no longer have access to the mask you set for yourself, you could be sol
> >also :P
>
>      The same issue applies for nicks, since you can identify regardless
of
> whether you match an access mask or not--unless you set KILL IMMED on your
> nick, in which case, as you say, you're SOL.  The solution is to not let
> people watch you type your password.
>
>   --Andrew Church
>     achurch at achurch.org
>     http://achurch.org/
>
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