- This package provides ngIRCd, a lightweight Internet Relay Chat
- server for small or private networks. It is simple to configure, can
- cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It
- is written from scratch, not based on the original IRCd and quite
- portable.
+ ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server
+ for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
+ License (GPL).
+ .
+ The server is quite easy to configure, can handle dynamic IP addresses, and
+ optionally supports IDENT, IPv6 connections, SSL-protected links, and PAM for
+ user authentication as well as character set conversion for legacy clients. The
+ server has been written from scratch and is not based on the "forefather", the
+ daemon of IRCNet.