for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
License
(<a href="doc/COPYING" hreflang="en">GPL</a>).
- It is easy to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and
- supports IPv6, SSL-protected connections as well as PAM for
- authentication. It is written from scratch and not based on the
- original IRCd.
</p>
<p>
- The name <em>ngIRCd</em> means <em>next generation IRC daemon</em>,
+ 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>
-<p class="hint">
- <em>Hint:</em>
- at Freecode there's an
- <a href="http://freecode.com/projects/ngircd">entry</a>
- for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
- update notifications via E-Mail.
-</p>
<h2 id="why">
Advantages
</h2>
simple to build/install, configure and maintain
</li>
<li>
- supports IPv6 and SSL
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6, SSL, PAM and iconv.
</li>
<li>
no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
</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 22.1-IRCPLUS+SYSLOG+ZLIB-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
-Copyright (c)2001-2015 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>