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| ====== How to Identify Someone on IRC ====== | ====== How to Identify Someone on IRC ====== |
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| AfterNET follows what we consider the "true" spirit of IRC, and does not use reserved or owned nicknames. While sometimes users familiar with networks like Dalnet find it harder to tell who is who, we feel that NickServ does not flow well with IRC, and actually increases the problem of nickname conflicts, especially on smaller networks. As a result, it can take some more work when you need to make sure the person you are talking to is who they claim to be. This guide should serve as a quick rundown of how to check someone's identity. | AfterNET follows what we consider the "true" spirit of IRC, and does not use reserved or owned nicknames. While sometimes users familiar with networks like FreeNode find it harder to tell who is who, we feel that NickServ does not flow well with IRC, and actually increases the problem of nickname conflicts, especially on smaller networks. As a result, it can take some more work when you need to make sure the person you are talking to is who they claim to be. This guide should serve as a quick rundown of how to check someone's identity. |
| ===== Opers ===== | ===== Opers ===== |
| Sometimes people on IRC try to pretend they are the administrators, or operators of the network. They set their username or realname to "admin" or "ircop" to try and trick you. Finding out if someone is an oper is easy though. There are two ways to do it: | Sometimes people on IRC try to pretend they are the administrators, or operators of the network. They set their username or realname to "admin" or "ircop" to try and trick you. Finding out if someone is an oper is easy though. There are two ways to do it: |
