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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8547efc1..4e1cd2fb 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                      ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
                            http://ngircd.barton.de/
 
-               (c)2001-2011 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
+               (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
                ngIRCd is free software and published under the
                    terms of the GNU General Public License.
 
@@ -17,6 +17,38 @@ Differences to version 17
 - Support for ZeroConf/Bonjour/Rendezvous service registration has been
   removed. The configuration option "NoZeroconf" is no longer available.
 
+- The structure of ngircd.conf has been cleaned up and three new configuration
+  sections have been introduced: [Limits], [Options], and [SSL].
+  Lots of configuration variables stored in the [Global] section are now
+  deprecated there and should be stored in one of these new sections (but
+  still work in [Global]):
+    "AllowRemoteOper"    -> [Options]
+    "ChrootDir"          -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv4"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectIPv6"        -> [Options]
+    "ConnectRetry"       -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnections"     -> [Limits]
+    "MaxConnectionsIP"   -> [Limits]
+    "MaxJoins"           -> [Limits]
+    "MaxNickLength"      -> [Limits]
+    "NoDNS"              -> [Options], and renamed to "DNS"
+    "NoIdent"            -> [Options], and renamed to "Ident"
+    "NoPAM"              -> [Options], and renamed to "PAM"
+    "OperCanUseMode"     -> [Options]
+    "OperServerMode"     -> [Options]
+    "PingTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PongTimeout"        -> [Limits]
+    "PredefChannelsOnly" -> [Options]
+    "SSLCertFile"        -> [SSL], and renamed to "CertFile"
+    "SSLDHFile"          -> [SSL], and renamed to "DHFile"
+    "SSLKeyFile"         -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFile"
+    "SSLKeyFilePassword" -> [SSL], and renamed to "KeyFilePassword"
+    "SSLPorts"           -> [SSL], and renamed to "Ports"
+    "SyslogFacility"     -> [Options]
+    "WebircPassword"     -> [Options]
+  You should adjust your ngircd.conf and run "ngircd --configtest" to make
+  sure that your settings are correct and up to date!
+
 Differences to version 16
 
 - Changes to the "MotdFile" specified in ngircd.conf now require a ngircd
@@ -61,7 +93,8 @@ automake ("configure") should be no problem.
 The normal installation procedure after getting (and expanding) the source
 files (using a distribution archive or GIT) is as following:
 
-  1) ./autogen.sh	[only necessary when using GIT]
+  0) Satisfy prerequisites
+  1) ./autogen.sh  [only necessary when using GIT]
   2) ./configure
   3) make
   4) make install
@@ -82,6 +115,30 @@ possible options will be installed there. You'll find its template in the
 doc/ directory: sample-ngircd.conf.
 
 
+0): Satisfy prerequisites
+
+When building from source, you'll need some other software to build ngIRCd:
+for example a working C compiler, make tool, GNU automake and autoconf (only
+when not using a distribution archive), and a few libraries depending on the
+features you want to compile in (like IDENT support, SSL, and PAM).
+
+If you are using one of the "big" operating systems or Linux distributions,
+you can use the following commands to install all the required packages to
+build the sources including all optional features and to run the test suite:
+
+* RedHat / Fedora based distributions:
+
+  yum install \
+    autoconf automake expect gcc glibc-devel gnutls-devel \
+    libident-devel make pam-devel tcp_wrappers-devel telnet zlib-devel
+
+* Debian / Ubuntu based distributions:
+
+  apt-get install \
+    autoconf automake build-essential expect libgnutls-dev \
+    libident-dev libpam-dev libwrap0-dev libz-dev telnet
+
+
 1): "autogen.sh"
 
 The first step, autogen.sh, is only necessary if the configure-script isn't
@@ -102,7 +159,7 @@ Again: "end users" do not need this step!
 
 The configure-script is used to detect local system dependencies.
 
-In the perfect case, configure should recognise all needed libraries, header
+In the perfect case, configure should recognize all needed libraries, header
 files and so on. If this shouldn't work, "./configure --help" shows all
 possible options.