[Noisebridge-discuss] Why the IRC trolls are still there [drama]

[Sai Emrys]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Jason Dusek <jason.dusek at gmail.com> wrote:
>  Hostmask?

Aka a "cloak": http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#cloaks

Basically it hides your address from /whois.

>  I currently connect over an SSH tunnel to a box that connects over
>  clear text. Is this "secure"?

No, it's just punting the insecurity to the connecting box. It's still
fully vulnerable to sniffing.

- Sai