ngIRCd
</h2>
<p>
- ngIRCd is a free open source server for Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
- which is being developed under the GNU General Public License
- (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html" hreflang="en">GPL</a>).
- It has been written from scratch and is consequently, unlike most
- other IRC daemons, not based on the originator, the daemon of the
- IRCNet.
-<p class="hint">
- <em>Hint:</em>
- at freshmeat.net there's an
- <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
- for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
- update notifications via E-Mail.
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License
+ (<a href="doc/COPYING" hreflang="en">GPL</a>).
</p>
-<p class="btw">
- BTW: Von dieser Seite gibt es auch eine
- <a href="index.php.de">deutsche</a> Version.
+<p>
+ 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 <q>forefather</q>, the daemon of the IRCNet.
+</p>
+<p>
+ The name <em>ngIRCd</em> means <em>next-generation IRC daemon</em>,
+ which is a little bit exaggerated: <em>lightweight Internet Relay Chat
+ server</em> most probably would have been a better name :-)
</p>
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- include('common/mirrors.inc');
-?>
<h2 id="why">
Advantages
</h2>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
+ well arranged (lean) configuration file
</li>
<li>
- well arranged (lean) configuration file
+ simple to build/install, configure and maintain
</li>
<li>
- freely available, modern and tidy C-source
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6, SSL, PAM and iconv.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source
</li>
<li>
ngIRCd is being actively developed since
- <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years.
+ <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years
</li>
</ul>
<div id="preview">
- <code><a id="v_toggle" href="#" name="v_toggle">ngircd --help</a></code><br>
+ <code><a id="v_toggle" href="#">ngircd --help</a></code><br>
<div id="vertical_slide">
- <samp>ngircd 13-SYSLOG+ZLIB+SSL+TCPWRAP+IDENT+IRCPLUS+IPv6-x86_64/pc/linux-gnu
-Copyright (c)2001-2008 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors.
-Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>
-
-This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
-warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-
- -f, --config <f> use file <f> as configuration file
- -n, --nodaemon don't fork and don't detach from controlling terminal
- -p, --passive disable automatic connections to other servers
- -t, --configtest read, validate and display configuration; then exit
- -V, --version output version information and exit
- -h, --help display this help and exit</samp>
+ <samp><?php include 'common/help.inc' ?></samp>
</div>
</div>
<h2>
ngIRCd supports
<a href="doc/Platforms.txt">a whole range</a>
of platforms: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, but
- ngIRCD also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
+ ngIRCd also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
</p>
<p>
- After the installation of ngIRC, which is executed via packet
+ After the installation of ngIRCd, which is executed via packet
installation or configure-make-make-install, and once you have edited
- the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes. – only a
+ the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes – only a
few lines need adapting, the rest is purely optional.
</p>
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