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IP address visibility discussion

View Poll Results: Should any of these changes be made to client IP addresses?
Server hosts should see IPs in the player list if, and only if, the IP log is disabled 0 0%
Server hosts should never see IPs in the player list 1 33.33%
The /IP admin command should be removed 0 0%
Kicking should only show IPs to admins who can use the /IP command 3 100.00%
Kicking should never show IPs 0 0%
Banning should only show IPs to admins who can use the /IP command 3 100.00%
Banning should never show IPs 0 0%
Automatic bans (like hacking attempts) should show IPs but the /ban command shouldn't 0 0%
The /ban command should show IPs but automatic bans shouldn't 2 66.67%
The visual effects of /streaming should be enabled by default, instead of disabled by default 2 66.67%
Nothing should change, I just like voting in polls 0 0%
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IP address visibility discussion

I'm diverting this from another thread where tempers were running a bit high. There's a concern that a careless server host (or remote admin) might leak someone else's IP unintentionally, rather than only maliciously.

I did some cursory research into other multiplayer games where people host their own servers instead of using the publisher's server. From what I can tell--and I don't play any of these games, so forgive me if I make a mistake here--Minecraft doesn't show client IPs by default, but does save them in a log file, and some plugins may add equivalents to the /IP command. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive shows all IPs by default in a console, but this may be disabled using the cl_hideserverip setting, similar to JJ2+'s /streaming. Several other games allow kicking and banning by IP, but it's not clear to me how you're supposed to find the IP in the first place. Because a lot of games are run through Steam or PSN or whatever, they often have built-in (bannable) unique identifiers for players besides IP addresses, so in those cases it's not useful information to have.

A couple of the poll options are mutually exclusive, but everyone do your best~!

Last edited by Violet CLM; Mar 15, 2026 at 02:01 PM.
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