Is it normal to see your own ip when you whois yourself?
reddit / irc

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colgatefag · 2015-08-18 19:12

I'm new to IRC and I joined

irc://irc.snoonet.org/reddit

and clicked whois on my name and I see my ip. Is this normal? I'm a
little concerned because I don't want people clicking on my name then
seeing my ip. Thanks.

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m1ss1ontomars2k4 · 2015-08-18 19:40

>Is this normal?

Whose other IP would it show?

>I'm a little concerned because I don't want people clicking on my
name then seeing my ip.

Then you need to mask it or not use IRC.

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TheAmazingFailure · 2015-08-18 20:34

Yes, IRC shows your own IP address/hostname to you unmasked. Totally
normal for a whois.

When someone else does a whois on you, they *should* see a masked
version of your IP/Hostname

Snoonet does mask your IP by default, most servers do with usermode x
as seen below:

Snoonet-9mc.11i.07mues.IP is now your displayed host

YourNick sets mode: +xi

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ne7split · 2015-08-19 07:45

Snoonet operator confirming that your IP address is masked to regular
users by default.

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id0827502 · 2015-08-25 06:17

I believe that, unless you register an account with the network you
use, an IRC server will display the PTR record assigned to your IP (if
any).

This is also commonly called reverse DNS. Read more
[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_DNS_lookup).

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Anonman9 · 2015-08-30 21:56

no, most networks use cloaking, but some like efnet do not have it

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j4jackj · 2015-09-04 03:51

"most networks"... the network that's biggest doesn't. so lies.

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Anonman9 · 2015-09-05 00:47

lol a network is not defined by size, but by existant

most networks therfore have cloaking, however efnet (one network) deos
not