Is it possible to use ZNC without it cloaking me on Freenode?
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peatfreak · 2018-08-04 01:32

I'm planning on setting up ZNC plus Irssi on a VPS.

Currently I'm using IRCCloud, which I love.  Unfortunately, it doesn't
seem to be welcome in particular channels.  Moreover, I am increasing
the number of services I self-host and relying less on third parties.

Before I go to the trouble of setting up ZNC, I need to know whether
or not it cloaks my origin.  For example, I have an unaffiliated cloak
on Freenode and want ZNC to allow that to show, rather than masking it
with its own cloak (I'm still learning how cloaks and hostmasks work).

Is it possible to configure ZNC to cloak when it connects to
particular networks, but not to cloak when connecting to others?
Thanks!!

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top8friends · 2018-08-04 03:30

It will still show unaffiliated once you identify with nickserv. And
ZNC doesn't  necessarily cloak anything. it would just tell the server
the ip of the ZNC like it would your normal connection because when
you use ZNC you're not connecting directly to it, you're connecting to
your ZNC which is connected to the network. But anyway, whatever vhost
the server has set for your acc is the one you'll have. ZNC can't
override that.

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peatfreak · 2018-08-04 08:50

> And ZNC doesn't necessarily cloak anything. it would just tell the
server the ip of the ZNC like it would your normal connection because
when you use ZNC you're not connecting directly to it, you're
connecting to your ZNC which is connected to the network.

Of course.  Yes, I forgot to make it clear that I understand that,
i.e., that ZNC is simply a proxy, and like most proxies your
connection will display the proxy's IP address, not the originating
source address (unless you take measures to encode and include your
original source IP somehow and the proxy and/or server knows what to
do with it).

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dukwon · 2018-08-04 09:00

Hostmasks and vhosts/cloaks are set by the network, not the client (as
far as the network is concerned, a bouncer is a client).

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peatfreak · 2018-08-05 09:32

Thank you all for your replies.  It all makes perfect sense.  The
reason I was confused is because I use IRCCloud, which is a bouncer
plus client rolled into one.  IRCCloud provides its members with a
gateway mask and its users can easily be identified (which I have no
problem with).

It has since been explained to me that the gateway mask is set by an
agreement between the IRCCloud developers and the various IRC
networks, by means of IP assignment, etc.  And that’s how the IRC
server knows to assign a gateway mask on connection.

IRCCloud is a great service but some overzealous channel ops block all
members who use it, which is really unfortunate.

But I’m looking to self-host more of my services, so this shouldn’t be
a problem in future.  Instead, I’ll get a whole new and different set
of problems to deal with, lol.

/cc u/top8replies u/dukwon