begin quote from Nemo on Apr 18, 2002: > Kindly remove the new "feature" that displays one's username in a /whois results. > This is an open invitation to attacks and an invasion of privacy. I thought that > security was supposed to be INCREASED not thrown wide open. Please think this one > over again. No op I know is for this. > > Nemo288 > > @#windows2000pro @#networking @#windowsxp @#windows98 @#millennium @#Puternutz
Showing the username in the /whois reply doesn't affect security in any way. People were able to find one's username by issueing a "/msg X verify" command anyway; this feature will hopefully reduce network traffic. See the news section on www.undernet.org for more details regarding recent/upcoming changes. -- Alex Badea * Undernet Coder-Com contributer
