Internet Information Identifying yourself to IRC Many remote servers rely on identd to let people in.
Some systems run it as a default.
Because we at Panix feel that it is not in the interests of our customers' privacy to automatically give out such information, our version sends encoded information unless you set it to send clear text. The default behavior is to NOT give out your identity. Some IRC servers want the clear text value. You must also insure that the ident server has the permission to access this file.