X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?p=ngircd-alex.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.md;h=f0856d7f3338122ee07b59e65ea5efcf31912ca6;hp=144e4072bf777622d498455687e626bf21b15e88;hb=a84cba8f78d126bbdbc185db9b70e3c6e7d34b1e;hpb=d697de31862bc659461498bb5169e7a9bdd525b2 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 144e4072..f0856d7f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ server for small or private networks, developed under the terms of the GNU General Public License ([GPL]); please see the file `COPYING` for licensing information. -The server is simple to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and -supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is written from scratch and not based on the -original IRCd. +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. -The name ngIRCd means *next generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit +The name ngIRCd means *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit exaggerated: *lightweight Internet Relay Chat server* most probably would have been a better name :-) @@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ online available here: ! ## Status -ngIRCd should be quite feature complete and stable to be used as daemon in -real world IRC networks. +ngIRCd should be quite feature-complete and stable to be used as a daemon in +real-world IRC networks. It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics