+<p>
+ Development of ngIRCd started back in 2001: The server has been written
+ from scratch in C, tries to follow all relevant standards, and is not
+ based on the forefather, the daemon of the IRCNet.
+</p>
+<p>
+ It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of
+ the original ircd or corner-cases in the RFCs, but to implement most of
+ the useful commands and semantics that are used by existing clients.
+</p>
+<p class="security">
+ <strong>Caution:</strong>
+ ngIRCd up to and including release 26.1 did <em>not validate</em> SSL
+ certificates on server-server links! If you run a network of ngIRCd
+ daemons <strong>you should upgrade to ngIRCd 27 (released April 26,
+ 2024) or newer!</strong>
+</p>