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-.TH ngircd 8 "Jan 2018" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
+.TH ngircd 8 "Jan 2022" ngIRCd "ngIRCd Manual"
.SH NAME
ngIRCd \- the "next generation" IRC daemon
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR ngIRCd
is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small
or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
-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.
+.PP
+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 the IRCNet.
.PP
The name ngIRCd means
-.IR "next generation IRC daemon",
+.IR "next-generation IRC daemon",
which is a little bit exaggerated:
.IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server"
most probably would have been a better name :-)