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3.7 Anonymizing mode

Anonymizing mode makes the proxy hide as much user information as possible. The following things are done:

Note that the default behavior (in non-anon mode) for the last item is to pass the NOTICE on, but replace the client's IP address with the proxy's visible address. This can reveal information about what IRC software the user is using (mIRC in particular), which is why the NOTICE is blocked entirely in anonymizing mode.

The generated username is based on the client's IP address, to allow the operators of the IRC server and channels to selectively ban abusive users - hopefully making it less likely that they'll resort to banning the proxy host completely.


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