[Unreal-users] IP cloaking

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	I realize that this would be a module question, and that it likely=20
would not be recommended. However, I think there is a sufficient use=20
for a IP cloaking method that would keep the first 2 or 3 octets=20
uncloaked, as it would be easier to recognize people.

	I remember that the last time this proposal came up, there were a=20
couple objections.=20
a)	security. 255 possibilities is supposedly sufficiently trivial to=20
attack.=20
b)	IRC Clients not handling it correctly. This is a possibility that is=20
harder to trivialize. However, I remember ConferenceRoom 1.8.x doing=20
this (and 2.x as well), and IRC clients handled it just fine. istr they=20
having an IP cloak like so (this is an actual cloak pulled from my logs=20
from a ConferenceRoom server I went to back in 2003): 4.18.44.KU929=3D

	This is NOT to mean that I want to remove the MD5 cloaking algo. I just=20
want to modify the IPv6 and IPv4 cloaking to make it easier to identify=20
which network/ISP that a user is connecting from, thus making it easier=20
to identify a user on-sight.

	I would have checked the forums, but they appear to be missing/down. I=20
have also considered coding this myself, but I am insufficiently sure=20
that I understand the algorithm in use, as well as being not confident=20
in my ability to do so. Won't necessarily stop me from trying, if I get=20
enough time.

	Anyway, does anybody else want this? Would anybody else use it?
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