=== smartboyhw_ is now known as smartboyhw [19:47] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/Cloaks implies that a cloak of the form "other/cloak/ubuntu.nickname" would not be a Official Ubuntu Community Member. Can I get one of those cloaks without being a member? [19:48] linuxtech: that's still an official "ubuntu member" cloak for all intents and purposes [19:49] linuxtech: so unless you're an Ubuntu member that cloak's not available to you. All the cloak formats listed there are ubuntu cloaks. All except the bot one i've seen on members. [19:50] OK Thanks, I guess I will have to wait until I go through the process of becoming a member. [19:50] Or get one from someplace else like freenode or prgmr.com. [19:52] you can get an unaffiliated one from #freenode [19:53] the above mentioned format is a dual cloak, they are highly discouraged and usually not given anymore. And in addition to that, to get the ubuntu part one still has to be a member. [19:54] ^ that [19:56] I am kind of dubious about the benefits of a cloak as it is security through obscurity. And it's not like I am hiding who I am my hostname as cp.linuxtech.org... I look at the cloak as more of an advertisement of I support the project. [19:56] It is not security at all [19:56] and cloaks are never advertised by freenode staff as that [19:57] they are here to show affiliation (or lack thereof) with a group / project [20:04] exactly, they don't have any "security" benefits really, at all. [20:05] I think the one they say is more for security is connecting over tor. [20:06] yes. [20:07] indeed. [20:07] (which, funny sidenote, applies a gateway cloak) [20:08] tor-sasl, iirc. [20:09] mhm [20:09] gateway/tor-sasl/NICKSERV [20:09] where NICKSERV is the nickserv account primary nick [20:09] (in my case, that would be "lordoftime")