for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public
License
(<a href="doc/COPYING" hreflang="en">GPL</a>).
- It 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.
+ 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.
</p>
<p>
The name <em>ngIRCd</em> means <em>next generation IRC daemon</em>,
which is a little bit exaggerated: <em>lightweight Internet Relay Chat
- server</em> most probably would be a better name :-)
-</p>
-<p class="hint">
- <em>Hint:</em>
- at freshmeat.net there's an
- <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
- for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
- update notifications via E-Mail.
+ server</em> most probably would have been a better name :-)
</p>
<h2 id="why">
Advantages
</li>
<li>
ngIRCd is being actively developed since
- <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years.
+ <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years
</li>
</ul>
<div id="preview">
<code><a id="v_toggle" href="#" name="v_toggle">ngircd --help</a></code><br>
<div id="vertical_slide">
- <samp>ngircd 19.2-SYSLOG+ZLIB+SSL+TCPWRAP+IDENT+PAM+IRCPLUS+IPv6-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
-Copyright (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors.
-Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>
+ <samp>ngIRCd 22.1-IRCPLUS+SYSLOG+ZLIB-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
+Copyright (c)2001-2015 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors.
+Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
ngIRCd supports
<a href="doc/Platforms.txt">a whole range</a>
of platforms: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, but
- ngIRCD also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
+ ngIRCd also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
</p>
<p>
- After the installation of ngIRC, which is executed via packet
+ After the installation of ngIRCd, which is executed via packet
installation or configure-make-make-install, and once you have edited
- the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes. – only a
+ the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes – only a
few lines need adapting, the rest is purely optional.
</p>
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