X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=man%2Fngircd.8.tmpl;h=b27421a31d5d12e3f1399eddae12ec26056ddee6;hb=15c744428358b2a9a1014e10ce803604cc72deae;hp=62251573f8281e6aaed194f3403656123cb40ded;hpb=eb46f3d96d9617fad2887cf465516ea9c03dd174;p=ngircd-alex.git diff --git a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl index 62251573..b27421a3 100644 --- a/man/ngircd.8.tmpl +++ b/man/ngircd.8.tmpl @@ -13,12 +13,15 @@ ngIRCd \- the "next generation" IRC daemon .BR ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). -It is easy to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports -IPv6, SSL-protected connections as well as PAM for authentication. -It is written from scratch and not based on the original IRCd. +.PP +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 the IRCNet. .PP The name ngIRCd means -.IR "next generation IRC daemon", +.IR "next-generation IRC daemon", which is a little bit exaggerated: .IR "lightweight Internet Relay Chat server" most probably would have been a better name :-)