-Description: A lightweight daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- ngIRCd is a free open source daemon for the Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
- network. It is written from scratch and is not based upon the original
- IRCd like many others.
+Description: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL).
+ .
+ The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+ user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+ server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+ daemon of IRCNet.