IP Masking - Revision history

Hcesaropz: shameless self promotion

2026-08-31T04:17:15Z

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	==Other means==		==Other means==

	On some clones, due to technical limitations like being behind a proxy, not having administrator access or not having a firewall capable of this, the operators may choose to provide IP masking via [https://github.com/vectrix-space/ignite/ Ignite] mods or server/proxy plugins.		On some clones, due to technical limitations like being behind a proxy, not having administrator access or not having a firewall capable of this, the operators may choose to provide IP masking via [https://github.com/vectrix-space/ignite/ Ignite] mods or server/proxy plugins.

			Some examples of such masking are [https://code.optmstc.dev/opt/ip-random opt/ip-random] and [https://code.hcesaropz.dev/hcesaropz/unibom-masker hcesaropz/unibom-masker].

	[[Category:Kaboom]]		[[Category:Kaboom]]

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2026-08-12T05:47:06Z

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	'''IP masking''' refers to the practice of replacing real [[Wikipedia:IP addresses\|IP addresses]] with psuedorandom addresses, with the same original address producing the same psuedorandom address. This practice allows for increased player privacy on [[Kaboom]] and [[Kaboom Clones\|clones]] while still allowing for the accounts of a single IP address to be identified.		'''IP masking''' refers to the practice of replacing real [[Wikipedia:IP addresses\|IP addresses]] with psuedorandom addresses, with the same original address producing the same psuedorandom address. This practice allows for increased player privacy on [[Kaboom]] and [[Kaboom Clones\|clones]] while still allowing for the accounts of a single IP address to be identified.

	=[[Wikipedia:Network_address_translation#One-to-many_NAT\|SNAT]]=		==[[Wikipedia:Network_address_translation#One-to-many_NAT\|SNAT]]==
	This is the most common method of IP masking, as it is the method employed by [[Kaboom]]. Usually, this is done via [[Wikipedia:iptables\|iptables]], but similar programs like [[Wikipedia:nftables\|nftables]] are able to achieve similar results.		This is the most common method of IP masking, as it is the method employed by [[Kaboom]]. Usually, this is done via [[Wikipedia:iptables\|iptables]], but similar programs like [[Wikipedia:nftables\|nftables]] are able to achieve similar results.

	The script to setup this particular method is [https://github.com/kaboomserver/framework/blob/master/config/iptables available in the kaboomserver/framework repo].		The script to setup this particular method is [https://github.com/kaboomserver/framework/blob/master/config/iptables available in the kaboomserver/framework repo].

	=Other means=		==Other means==

	On some clones, due to technical limitations like being behind a proxy, not having administrator access or not having a firewall capable of this, the operators may choose to provide IP masking via [https://github.com/vectrix-space/ignite/ Ignite] mods or server/proxy plugins.		On some clones, due to technical limitations like being behind a proxy, not having administrator access or not having a firewall capable of this, the operators may choose to provide IP masking via [https://github.com/vectrix-space/ignite/ Ignite] mods or server/proxy plugins.

	[[Category:Kaboom]]		[[Category:Kaboom]]

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2026-08-09T00:43:50Z

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	'''IP masking''' refers to the practice of replacing real [[Wikipedia:IP addresses\|IP addresses]] with psuedorandom addresses, with the same original address producing the same psuedorandom address. This practice allows for increased player privacy on [[Kaboom]] and [[Kaboom Clones\|clones]] while still allowing for the ~~alts~~ of a single IP address to be identified.		'''IP masking''' refers to the practice of replacing real [[Wikipedia:IP addresses\|IP addresses]] with psuedorandom addresses, with the same original address producing the same psuedorandom address. This practice allows for increased player privacy on [[Kaboom]] and [[Kaboom Clones\|clones]] while still allowing for the accounts of a single IP address to be identified.

	=[[Wikipedia:Network_address_translation#One-to-many_NAT\|SNAT]]=		=[[Wikipedia:Network_address_translation#One-to-many_NAT\|SNAT]]=

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2026-08-09T00:43:01Z

Rewrite

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	~~{{Stub}}~~		'''IP masking''' refers to the practice of replacing real [[Wikipedia:IP addresses\|IP addresses]] with psuedorandom addresses, with the same original address producing the same psuedorandom address. This practice allows for increased player privacy on [[Kaboom]] and [[Kaboom Clones\|clones]] while still allowing for the alts of a single IP address to be identified.

	~~'''~~IP masking~~''' refers to a series of techniques used~~ by [[Kaboom ~~Clones~~\|~~Kaboom clones~~]] to ~~preserve the anonymity of players by hiding their connecting IP address~~.		=[[Wikipedia:Network_address_translation#One-to-many_NAT\|SNAT]]=
			This is the most common method of IP masking, as it is the method employed by [[Kaboom]]. Usually, this is done via [[Wikipedia:iptables\|iptables]], but similar programs like [[Wikipedia:nftables\|nftables]] are able to achieve similar results.

	=~~Methods~~=		The script to setup this particular method is [https://github.com/kaboomserver/framework/blob/master/config/iptables available in the kaboomserver/framework repo].
	~~===Network Address Translation (NAT)===~~
	~~This is the most commonly seen method and preferred by most~~ clones, due to a ~~configuration already being included with~~ the [https://github.com/~~kaboomserver~~/~~framework Kaboom~~ server ~~framework]~~.		=Other means=

			On some clones, due to technical limitations like being behind a proxy, not having administrator access or not having a firewall capable of this, the operators may choose to provide IP masking via [https://github.com/vectrix-space/ignite/ Ignite] mods or server/proxy plugins.

	[[Category:Kaboom]]		[[Category:Kaboom]]

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2026-08-08T23:53:39Z

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{{Stub}}

'''IP masking''' refers to a series of techniques used by [[Kaboom Clones|Kaboom clones]] to preserve the anonymity of players by hiding their connecting IP address.

=Methods=
===Network Address Translation (NAT)===
This is the most commonly seen method and preferred by most clones, due to a configuration already being included with the [https://github.com/kaboomserver/framework Kaboom server framework].

[[Category:Kaboom]]