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17 <h1>ngIRCd: Next Generation IRC Daemon</h1>
20 ngIRCd is a <span title="free as in freedom">free</span> open source
21 daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), developed under the GNU
22 General Public License (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>).
24 It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
29 <li><a href="#status">Status</a>
30 <li><a href="#why">Advantages</a>
31 <li><a href="#platforms">Supported platforms</a>
32 <li><strong><a href="#docu">Documentation</a></strong>
33 <li><a href="#ml">Mailing List</a>
34 <li><a href="#install">Installation</a>
35 <li><strong><a href="#download">Download</a></strong>
37 <li><a href="#source">Source Code</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#packages">Packages</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#people">Contact</a>
41 <li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a>
42 <li><a href="#bugs">Bug Tracker</a>
43 <li><a href="#history">History</a>
47 Hint: at <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">freshmeat.net</a>
48 there's an <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
49 for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
50 update notifications via E-Mail.
53 <p><span class="Hint">
54 BTW: Von dieser Seite gibt es auch eine <a href="index.html.de">deutsche</a>
60 <li><a href="http://ngircd.berlios.de/index.html.en">ngircd.berlios.de</a>
61 <li><a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/index.html.en">ngircd.barton.de</a>
64 <h2 id="status">Status</h2>
67 Current "stable" version is <strong>0.8.3</strong>.
70 <strong>Attention:</strong>
71 It is highly recommended to update to at lease ngIRCd release 0.8.3,
72 because older versions of ngIRCd had a remotely exploitable bug which could
73 cause the daemon to crash!<br>
74 You don't need to update from 0.8.2 to 0.8.3 if the daemon isn't compiled
75 to do IDENT lookups (which is the default).
78 This version is used in private IRC networks and is known to run quite
79 stable and flawless although it is not tested in huge IRC networks under
80 heavy load yet. There are still missing features, but the current version
81 should provide everything you need during "normal" IRC sessions.
84 Read more about our private IRC network on these
85 <a href="http://irc.barton.de/">web pages</a>.
88 I'm glad to receive feedback, bug reports (best choice for this is the
89 <a href="#bugs">Bug-Tracker</a>) and patches. Go on, use the source
93 You can reach me (Alex Barton) via E-Mail:
94 <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.
97 <h2 id="why">Advantages</h2>
99 Why should you use ngIRCd? Because ...
102 <li>there are no problems with servers on changing or non-static IP addresses.
103 <li>there is a small and lean configuration file.
104 <li>there is a free, modern and open source C source code.
105 <li>it is still under active development.
108 <h2 id="platforms">Supported platforms</h2>
110 ngIRCd is tested on a regular basis on the following platform
111 (version numbers used in parenthesis). These are the officially
115 <li>AIX (3.2.5, IBM XL C Compiler)
116 <li>A/UX (3.x, original Apple C Compiler or GNU C)
117 <li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> (4.5/i386, GNU C)
118 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (10.20, GNU C)
119 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (9.10/m68k, HP-UX cc)
120 <li>IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30)
121 <li><a href="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</a> (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C)
122 <li><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a> (10.x, GNU C 2.95.x/3.x)
123 <li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C)
124 <li><a href="http://www.obenbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> (3.4/i386)
125 <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Solaris</a> (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C)
126 <li>Windows with <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a> (GNU C)
129 As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
130 there are good chances that it also supports UNIX-based operating systems.
133 <h2 id="docu">Documentation</h2>
135 There's a bit of documentation in the source code package. One's located
136 in the main directory (e.g. INSTALL, README, NEWS and COPYING) others in
137 subdirectories like <code>"doc"</code> (e.g. CVS.txt, FAQ.txt
138 and sample configuration files like sample-ngircd.conf).
140 <p>Parts of the documentation are available here:</p>
142 <li><a href="doc/README">README</a>
143 <li><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a>
146 <li><a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>
147 <li><a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
148 <li><a href="doc/FAQ.txt">FAQ.txt</a>
149 <li><a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>
150 <li><a href="doc/Protocol.txt">Protocol.txt</a>
151 <li><a href="doc/RFC.txt">RFC.txt</a>
154 <li><a href="doc/sample-ngircd.conf">sample-ngircd.conf</a>
157 <li><a href="doc/README-AUX.txt">README-AUX.txt</a>
158 <li><a href="doc/README-BeOS.txt">README-BeOS.txt</a> (German)
161 <h2 id="ml">Mailing List</h2>
163 There is a mailing list which deals with the "technical"
164 questions concerning ngIRCd: compilation, installation, configuration,
165 and the further development. Updates and CVS-commits are announced
168 <p>Please subscribe using the <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml">homepage of the list</a>.
169 <p>All postings are archived <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/pipermail/ngircd-ml/">here</a>.
171 <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
173 ngIRCd's target are systems based on or similar to UNIX. There
174 shouldn't be any problem on a fairly modern UNIX that's supported by
175 GNU automake and GNU autoconf. If you run into compile problems
176 perhaps you should give GNU C a try (version 2.95 or newer).
181 <blockquote><p><code>
182 tar xzf ngircd-<version>.tar.gz<br>
183 cd ngircd-<version><br>
186 </code></p></blockquote>
188 Now there's the binary executable server file in <code>src/ngircd</code>
189 ("<code>ngircd</code>" in most cases).
191 <blockquote><p><code>
193 </code></p></blockquote>
195 The binary executable is now installed in <code>/usr/local/sbin</code>.
198 The server looks for the configuration file <code>ngircd.conf</code> in
199 <code>/usr/local/etc</code>. A sample configuration file can be found in
203 Further help on installation and configuration can be found in
204 <code><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a></code>.
207 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
208 <h3 id="source">Source Code</h3>
210 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.8.3</strong> (2005-02-03):</dt>
212 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
214 <li>ngircd-0.8.3.tar.gz:
215 <a href="http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.3.tar.gz">http</a>,
216 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.3.tar.gz">ftp</a>
218 <p>Server: <em>ngircd.barton.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
220 <li>ngircd-0.8.3.tar.gz:
221 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.3.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
226 In addition, all previous versions and GnuPG signatures are also available. Look here:
227 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>.
229 <h3 id="packages">Packages</h3>
231 If you are using one of the following distributions, you can use their packages:
235 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>:
236 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ngircd&stype=all">Port</a>
239 <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>:
240 <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-irc;name=ngircd">ebuild</a>
248 <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Linux</a>:
249 <a href="ftp://arthur.barton.de/debian/dists/ab/main/">deb</a>
254 <h2 id="people">Contact</h2>
256 Idea and most parts of the current code:
257 Alexander Barton (<a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>).
261 Ilja Osthoff (<a href="mailto:ilja@glide.ath.cx">ilja@glide.ath.cx</a>)
262 for translating parts of the documentation into english and
263 Götz Hoffart (<a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">goetz@hoffart.de</a>)
264 for translating the web page.
267 If you find bugs or have some ideas for enhancements, please file them
268 into the <a href="#bugs">bug tracker</a>. In addition, there is a
269 <a href="#ml">mailing list</a> for discussions concerning the ngIRCd.
271 <p>BTW: Patches are welcome ;-)</p>
273 <h2 id="cvs">CVS Repository</h2>
275 The source and all files belonging to ngIRCd are managed using
276 <a hreflang="en" href="http://www.cvshome.org/"><abbr title="Concurrent Versions
277 System">CVS</abbr></a>. Anonymous access is available, read:
278 <a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>.
281 The repository is online available through HTTP:
282 <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/">ngIRCd CVS Reposidtory</a>.
285 <h2 id="bugs">Bug Tracker</h2>
287 In order to keep track of feature requests and found bugs there's a
288 Bug Tracking system: <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/bugzilla/index.cgi">Bugzilla</a>
291 In case you found a bug please check
292 <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi">Bug-Report</a>
293 and describe the circumstances. Thank you!
296 In addition you can <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/bugzilla/query.cgi">inform</a>
297 about known and perhaps fixed bugs.
300 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
302 Please read the files
303 <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a> and
304 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
305 for detailed information.
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310 <p style="text-align: center">
312 <a href="http://developer.berlios.de"><img src="http://developer.berlios.de/sflogo.php?group_id=546&type=1" width="124" height="32" alt="BerliOS Logo" style="border: 0"></a>
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320 <a hreflang="en" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fngircd.barton.de%2Findex.html.en">Validate</a> page.<br>
321 Contact: Alexander Barton, E-Mail: <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.<br>
322 Thanks to <a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">Götz Hoffart</a> for cleaning up this page and the english translation!