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 <h2>
 	News &amp; History
 </h2>
+<p>
+	Latest news: ngIRCd on <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@ngircd">Mastodon</a>
+	or <a href="https://twitter.com/ngIRCd">X</a>.
+</p>
 <h3 id="status">
 	Status
 </h3>
 <p>
-	The current, sound version is <strong>Release 15</strong>,
-	please also refer to the <a href="download.php.en">Download</a>.
+	The current stable version is
+	<strong>Release 27</strong> of April 26 2024,
+	please refer to the <a href="download.php.en">Download</a>
+	options.
 </p>
 <p>
-	Release 16~rc2 is <a href="download.php.de#beta">avaliable</a> for testing.
-</p>
-<p class="security">
-	<strong>Caution:</strong>
-	ngIRCd-versions previous to 0.10.4 contain a bug which can be used
-	(also remotely) to crash the daemon. All installations should be
-	updated to version 0.10.4 or newer!<br>
-	The SSL/TLS functions prior to 14.1 have a bug which can crash the
-	daemon as well. If using SSL/TLS you should update to at least
-	ngIRCd 14.1 (or newer)!
+	ngIRCd is used as the daemon in real-world in-house and public IRC
+	networks and included in the package repositories of various operating
+	systems.
 </p>
 <h3 id="history">
 	History
 </h3>
+<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>
 <p>
 	The <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>-file and the
 	<a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
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