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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://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/index.html.en">arthur.ath.cx</a>
64 <h2 id="status">Status</h2>
67 Current "stable" version is <strong>0.8.2</strong>.
70 <strong>Attention:</strong>
71 It is highly recommended to update to at lease ngIRCd release 0.8.2,
72 because older versions of ngIRCd had a remotely exploitable bug which could
73 cause the daemon to crash!
76 This version is used in private IRC networks and is known to run quite
77 stable and flawless although it is not tested in huge IRC networks under
78 heavy load yet. There are still missing features, but the current version
79 should provide everything you need during "normal" IRC sessions.
82 Read more about our private IRC network on these
83 <a href="http://Arthur.Ath.CX/irc/">web pages</a>.
86 I'm glad to receive feedback, bug reports (best choice for this is the
87 <a href="#bugs">Bug-Tracker</a>) and patches. Go on, use the source
91 You can reach me (Alex Barton) via E-Mail:
92 <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.
95 <h2 id="why">Advantages</h2>
97 Why should you use ngIRCd? Because ...
100 <li>there are no problems with servers on changing or non-static IP addresses.
101 <li>there is a small and lean configuration file.
102 <li>there is a free, modern and open source C source code.
103 <li>it is still under active development.
106 <h2 id="platforms">Supported platforms</h2>
108 ngIRCd is tested on a regular basis on the following platform
109 (version numbers used in parenthesis). These are the officially
113 <li>AIX (3.2.5, IBM XL C Compiler)
114 <li>A/UX (3.x, original Apple C Compiler or GNU C)
115 <li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> (4.5/i386, GNU C)
116 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (10.20, GNU C)
117 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (9.10/m68k, HP-UX cc)
118 <li>IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30)
119 <li><a href="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</a> (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C)
120 <li><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a> (10.x, GNU C 2.95.x/3.x)
121 <li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C)
122 <li><a href="http://www.obenbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> (3.4/i386)
123 <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Solaris</a> (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C)
124 <li>Windows with <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a> (GNU C)
127 As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
128 there are good chances that it also supports UNIX-based operating systems.
131 <h2 id="docu">Documentation</h2>
133 There's a bit of documentation in the source code package. One's located
134 in the main directory (e.g. INSTALL, README, NEWS and COPYING) others in
135 subdirectories like <code>"doc"</code> (e.g. CVS.txt, FAQ.txt
136 and sample configuration files like sample-ngircd.conf).
138 <p>Parts of the documentation are available here:</p>
140 <li><a href="doc/README">README</a>
141 <li><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a>
144 <li><a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>
145 <li><a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
146 <li><a href="doc/FAQ.txt">FAQ.txt</a>
147 <li><a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>
148 <li><a href="doc/Protocol.txt">Protocol.txt</a>
149 <li><a href="doc/RFC.txt">RFC.txt</a>
152 <li><a href="doc/sample-ngircd.conf">sample-ngircd.conf</a>
155 <li><a href="doc/README-AUX.txt">README-AUX.txt</a>
156 <li><a href="doc/README-BeOS.txt">README-BeOS.txt</a> (German)
159 <h2 id="ml">Mailing List</h2>
161 There is a mailing list which deals with the "technical"
162 questions concerning ngIRCd: compilation, installation, configuration,
163 and the further development. Updates and CVS-commits are announced
166 <p>Please subscribe using the <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml">homepage of the list</a>.
167 <p>All postings are archived <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/">here</a>.
169 <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
171 ngIRCd's target are systems based on or similar to UNIX. There
172 shouldn't be any problem on a fairly modern UNIX that's supported by
173 GNU automake and GNU autoconf. If you run into compile problems
174 perhaps you should give GNU C a try (version 2.95 or newer).
179 <blockquote><p><code>
180 tar xzf ngircd-<version>.tar.gz<br>
181 cd ngircd-<version><br>
184 </code></p></blockquote>
186 Now there's the binary executable server file in <code>src/ngircd</code>
187 ("<code>ngircd</code>" in most cases).
189 <blockquote><p><code>
191 </code></p></blockquote>
193 The binary executable is now installed in <code>/usr/local/sbin</code>.
196 The server looks for the configuration file <code>ngircd.conf</code> in
197 <code>/usr/local/etc</code>. A sample configuration file can be found in
201 Further help on installation and configuration can be found in
202 <code><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a></code>.
205 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
206 <h3 id="source">Source Code</h3>
208 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.8.2</strong> (2005-01-26):</dt>
210 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
212 <li>ngircd-0.8.2.tar.gz:
213 <a href="http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.2.tar.gz">http</a>,
214 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.2.tar.gz">ftp</a>
216 <p>Server: <em>arthur.ath.cx</em> (<a href="ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
218 <li>ngircd-0.8.2.tar.gz:
219 <a href="ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/ngircd-0.8.2.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
224 In addition, all previous versions, GnuPG signatures, as well as nightly tar-balls
225 (generated from the CVS HEAD sources) are also available. Look here:
226 <a href="ftp://arthur.ath.cx/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>.
228 <h3 id="packages">Packages</h3>
230 If you are using one of the following distributions, you can use their packages:
234 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>:
235 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ngircd&stype=all">Port</a>
238 <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>:
239 <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-irc;name=ngircd">ebuild</a>
247 <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Linux</a>:
248 <a href="ftp://arthur.ath.cx/debian/dists/ab/main/">deb</a>
253 <h2 id="people">Contact</h2>
255 Idea and most parts of the current code:
256 Alexander Barton (<a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>).
260 Ilja Osthoff (<a href="mailto:ilja@glide.ath.cx">ilja@glide.ath.cx</a>)
261 for translating parts of the documentation into english and
262 Götz Hoffart (<a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">goetz@hoffart.de</a>)
263 for translating the web page.
266 If you find bugs or have some ideas for enhancements, please file them
267 into the <a href="#bugs">bug tracker</a>. In addition, there is a
268 <a href="#ml">mailing list</a> for discussions concerning the ngIRCd.
270 <p>BTW: Patches are welcome ;-)</p>
272 <h2 id="cvs">CVS Repository</h2>
274 The source and all files belonging to ngIRCd are managed using
275 <a hreflang="en" href="http://www.cvshome.org/"><abbr title="Concurrent Versions
276 System">CVS</abbr></a>. Anonymous access is available, read:
277 <a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>.
280 The repository is online available through HTTP:
281 <a href="http://Arthur.Ath.CX/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/">ngIRCd CVS Reposidtory</a>.
284 <h2 id="bugs">Bug Tracker</h2>
286 In order to keep track of feature requests and found bugs there's a
287 Bug Tracking system: <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/">Bugzilla</a>
290 In case you found a bug please check
291 <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/enter_bug.cgi">Bug-Report</a>
292 and describe the circumstances. Thank you!
295 In addition you can <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/query.cgi">inform</a>
296 about known and perhaps fixed bugs.
299 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
301 Please read the files
302 <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a> and
303 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
304 for detailed information.
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320 Contact: Alexander Barton, E-Mail: <a href="mailto:alex@arthur.ath.cx">alex@arthur.ath.cx</a>.<br>
321 Thanks to <a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">Götz Hoffart</a> for cleaning up this page and the english translation!