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19 <I>Tue Oct
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34 <PRE>Fair enough answer, and it makes sense..
36 As to Dylan who was so thoughfully rude in his reply, i grant you that MAYBE
37 longer numerics would be useful on a big network, but even DALnet only needs
38 5 digits... that's potentially
100,
000 Guest nicks at once... I really
39 doubt there are any networks anywhere with the need for a
10-digit nick
40 (
10,
000,
000,
000 possible GUEST nicks)... I can understand from a
41 "randomized
" point of view, so that it decreases the possibility of
42 collision, and once explained that way (thank you Andrew) it makes sense
43 there. Dylan, I think most people would agree that the onyl stupid question
44 is the one that goes un-asked, and that it is simple rudeness that answers a
45 perfectly valid question with rudeness and sniping, calling it
"stupid.
"
46 Go climb back under your rock.
48 ----- Original Message -----
49 From:
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51 Sent: Tuesday, October
01,
2002 5:
34 PM
52 Subject: Re: [IRCServices Coding] Guest nick
55 ><i> Guest nicks were changed during the
5.0 alpha stage to start from a
56 </I>><i> random number; this was done to avoid cases where malicious users would
57 </I>><i> take the next sequential Guest nick and collide off the nickchanged user
58 </I>><i> (and themselves escape Services' notice in the process). The number is
59 </I>><i> also re-randomized when such an attempted collision is found.
61 </I>><i> In any case, Guest nicks are not intended for actual use in chatting;
62 </I>><i> they are only a placeholder for people who try to use registered nicks and
63 </I>><i> haven't yet chosen a new one. (If you, as an oper, need to /msg someone
64 </I>><i> with such a nick to resolve a problem or such, well, live with it--/query
65 </I>><i> can be quite helpful here.)
67 </I>><i> --Andrew Church
68 </I>><i> <A HREF=
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71 </I>><i> >My opers were commenting on how long the numeric is following
"Guest
"
73 ><i> >user is guested... in the old days it was just
5 digits, but i note it's
75 ><i> >lot more than that now.. makes it tricky to pm people with all them
79 </I>><i> >Any chance of one or both of two possible things happening?
81 </I>><i> >1. Can the numeric length be made an option in the conf? (like
82 </I>><i> >GuestNumericLength
5 to make it
5 digits or something)
83 </I>><i> >2. Can someone tell me where I might find this in the source code to
85 ><i> >it myself?
87 </I>><i> >Obviously option
1 would be handier, but I'll settle for option
2... Of
88 </I>><i> >course, I know it's kinda petty, and I'll understand also if nobody wants
90 ><i> >bother with either solution hehe...
92 </I>><i> >Anyone know why it IS suddenly so many more digits now?
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