Oper Attempts

FuRiOuS · Lurker Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 244

Yes that was the purpose, because a lot of people use the same nick on each network they are on, so if someone is an op on a network and dislikes them and security is lax, it is possible to jack the o:line.

MrBurns · Posted: Jun 25, 2006 9:19am Post subject:

That would be the fault of the operator. If you are stupid enough to include your /oper in your perform on any other network then the one you are operator, then you're asking for trouble and you are not fit to be an ircop in the first place.

I used to be operator / server admin on 7 different networks and I used the same nick on all networks I visited (total of 11) but I used special self-made script specificly designed for each one. I would use a normal mIRC on the networks where I was just a user, an oper script on the networks where I was IRCop or server admin and a seperate script for my own network. This meant having 3 seperate mIRC windows open at the same time, but it also meant that it was impossible to accidentally /oper on a network I wasn't an oper on.

Still, my first remark about this module that not only shows the failed oper but also the username and password stands:
It's stupid, useless and a security risk. NOBODY besides the operator should know the username and password, not even the network administrator or the server admin, since if they get into a fight and that person does use the same username and password on other networks this information could be abused.