I'm not a fan of services, such as nickserv, but I do understand the problem with jupes and establishing an identity. What about a system for nicks similair to chanfix? It will record hostnames over a period of time and score them. Should your nick get juped or someone else use it and your score is...

What is with all the animosity towards nickserv? For me, I have had to change my nick 3 times in the past year. First time because someone wanted their BOT to have my nick. I got ddos'd for an hour over that. Second time it was because I was simply in a channel that someone else, who angered a third...

Chanserv, Nickserv!

Kill off all spammers, script kiddies, and anyone 'ddos' ing anyone, including IRCOPs who ddos people...