punta - 4:50 pm on Nov 24, 2003 (gmt 0)

I agree with you Nova, connecting to IRC when your return packets are returning to someone else (In this case Google) would be nigh on impossible.

I think these guys are referring to something else. I believe that there are some vulnerablities in some versions of certain IRC servers that would allow someone to chose what IP address and hostname are displayed to other IRC users.