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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>0.9.0</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/AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a>
147 <li><a href="doc/COPYING">COPYING</a>
148 <li><a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>
149 <li><a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
150 <li><a href="doc/FAQ.txt">FAQ.txt</a>
151 <li><a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>
152 <li><a href="doc/Platforms.txt">Platforms.txt</a>
153 <li><a href="doc/Protocol.txt">Protocol.txt</a>
154 <li><a href="doc/RFC.txt">RFC.txt</a>
155 <li><a href="doc/SSL.txt">SSL.txt</a>
158 <li><a href="doc/sample-ngircd.conf">sample-ngircd.conf</a>
161 <li><a href="doc/README-AUX.txt">README-AUX.txt</a>
162 <li><a href="doc/README-BeOS.txt">README-BeOS.txt</a> (German)
165 <h2 id="ml">Mailing List</h2>
167 There is a mailing list which deals with the "technical"
168 questions concerning ngIRCd: compilation, installation, configuration,
169 and the further development. Updates and CVS-commits are announced
172 <p>Please subscribe using the <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml">homepage of the list</a>.
173 <p>All postings are archived <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/pipermail/ngircd-ml/">here</a>.
175 <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
177 ngIRCd's target are systems based on or similar to UNIX. There
178 shouldn't be any problem on a fairly modern UNIX that's supported by
179 GNU automake and GNU autoconf. If you run into compile problems
180 perhaps you should give GNU C a try (version 2.95 or newer).
185 <blockquote><p><code>
186 tar xzf ngircd-<version>.tar.gz<br>
187 cd ngircd-<version><br>
190 </code></p></blockquote>
192 Now there's the binary executable server file in <code>src/ngircd</code>
193 ("<code>ngircd</code>" in most cases).
195 <blockquote><p><code>
197 </code></p></blockquote>
199 The binary executable is now installed in <code>/usr/local/sbin</code>.
202 The server looks for the configuration file <code>ngircd.conf</code> in
203 <code>/usr/local/etc</code>. A sample configuration file can be found in
207 Further help on installation and configuration can be found in
208 <code><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a></code>.
211 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
212 <h3 id="source">Source Code</h3>
214 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.9.0</strong> (2005-07-24):</dt>
216 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
218 <li>ngircd-0.9.0.tar.gz:
219 <a href="http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.0.tar.gz">http</a>,
220 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.0.tar.gz">ftp</a>
222 <p>Server: <em>ngircd.barton.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
224 <li>ngircd-0.9.0.tar.gz:
225 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.0.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
230 In addition, all previous versions and GnuPG signatures are also available. Look here:
231 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>.
233 <h3 id="packages">Packages</h3>
235 If you are using one of the following distributions, you can use their packages:
239 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>:
240 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ngircd&stype=all">Port</a>
243 <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>:
244 <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-irc;name=ngircd">ebuild</a>
252 <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Linux</a>:
253 <a href="ftp://arthur.barton.de/debian/dists/ab/main/">deb</a>
258 <h2 id="people">Contact</h2>
260 Idea and most parts of the current code:
261 Alexander Barton (<a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>).
265 Ilja Osthoff (<a href="mailto:ilja@glide.ath.cx">ilja@glide.ath.cx</a>)
266 for translating parts of the documentation into english and
267 Götz Hoffart (<a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">goetz@hoffart.de</a>)
268 for translating the web page.
271 If you find bugs or have some ideas for enhancements, please file them
272 into the <a href="#bugs">bug tracker</a>. In addition, there is a
273 <a href="#ml">mailing list</a> for discussions concerning the ngIRCd.
275 <p>BTW: Patches are welcome ;-)</p>
277 <h2 id="cvs">CVS Repository</h2>
279 The source and all files belonging to ngIRCd are managed using
280 <a hreflang="en" href="http://www.cvshome.org/"><abbr title="Concurrent Versions
281 System">CVS</abbr></a>. Anonymous access is available, read:
282 <a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>.
285 The repository is online available through HTTP:
286 <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/">ngIRCd CVS Reposidtory</a>.
289 <h2 id="bugs">Bug Tracker</h2>
291 In order to keep track of feature requests and found bugs there's a
292 Bug Tracking system: <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/index.cgi">Bugzilla</a>
295 In case you found a bug please check
296 <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi">Bug-Report</a>
297 and describe the circumstances. Thank you!
300 In addition you can <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/query.cgi">inform</a>
301 about known and perhaps fixed bugs.
304 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
306 Please read the files
307 <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a> and
308 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
309 for detailed information.
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314 <p style="text-align: center">
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324 <a hreflang="en" href="http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fngircd.barton.de%2Findex.html.en">Validate</a> page.<br>
325 Contact: Alexander Barton, E-Mail: <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.<br>
326 Thanks to <a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">Götz Hoffart</a> for cleaning up this page and the english translation!