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#209913 26/02/09 05:23 PM
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I am trying to set up mirc so that when I join instead of my whois saying ~@server-43y6.isp.net
Instead, I want it to display the random character sets, like I have seen others use: @C60A2AE3.1F2268ED.DC4C44BA.IP

Any idea what I need to do?

dan71713 #209914 26/02/09 06:10 PM
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You sur the server doesnt do that? I have been on servers where they alter your ip so people wont know it, but you always see your ip as normal.

dan71713 #209915 26/02/09 07:29 PM
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"@C60A2AE3.1F2268ED.DC4C44BA.IP" is a hostmask that was cloaked by the network (also called "hostshading"). The "true" hostmask is visible only to 1) ircops 2) yourself, if you whois yourself.

Your network is cloaking your host if you find "x" in your current usermodes. (Some networks use other letters to indicate cloaking, x is the most common one.)
> To see your current usermodes: //echo -a $usermode
If you have an "x" there it's only because you did a whois on yourself that you see the uncloaked host.
> To see what other, regular users will see as your hostmask, do a /who <yournickname> instead of a /whois <yournickname>.
> If the network provides cloaking, it *should* be enabled by default. Try /mode <yournickname> +x none the less.

If the network doesn't provide this cloaking, ask at a help channel whether they provide a vHost service or not; how to get a vHost and how to activate it. A vHost is a virtual- / "fake-" host layer assigned by the IRC network.

If they don't, you may connect to this network indirectly - a bouncer aka BNC is a popular example for a proxy service. If connected via BNC your host will be the host of the BNC provider. You'll find several BNC providers at google.

dan71713 #209921 26/02/09 10:11 PM
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Just want to add to the "bnc part", make shure the provider can connect to the network you want to connect to, not fun pay $ for a bnc, then you can't use it cos it's banned from the network you are on, seen this way to often cos of people running bot's and abuse the network rules, and that result in a ban for the bnc provider that provided the bnc/host.


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