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Re: [patch] to support ACCOUNT (ircu2.10.11) and REALHOST (lain1.2)

>That /WHOIS reply looks quite curious. (I've never been on QuakeNet, so
>it's the first time I've seen it.) What exactly is the purpose of
>RPL_WHOISREALHOST? Thwarting of denial-of-service scripts? Disabling
>host checking on bots?

Some servers give you a vhost to hide your ip, instead of masking the last
or first section of it. Some others give you a complete mask of the ip.

So when doing a regular /whois of yourself you cannot see your real ip
unless your client supports this "feature". I think this is what this patch
addresses.


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