ngIRCdはスクラッチから書かれたポータブルなIRCデーモンです。これは設定が簡単で、(オリジナルのircdを含む)サーバ間リンクに対応し、またIPアドレスの変化するホスト(ダイヤルインネットワークなど)上でも動作するようになっています。サポートされるプラットフォームは、AIX、A/UX、Darwin/Mac OS X、FreeBSD、HP-UX、Irix、Linux、NetBSD、SunOS/Solaris、およびWindows上のCygwinです。
Many new features: XOP user modes (channel halfop, channel admin, and the like) have been implemented. Hostname cloaking has been enhanced. New channel modes have been implemented. Client character set conversion has been added to the IRC+ protocol.
A new configuration option "CloakHostModeX" has been added, the IRC command "CAP" has been implemented, and a bug when asynchronously re-established server links has been fixed. Enhancements to the documentation were made, and other minor bugs have been fixed as well.
This is a bugfix release. All changes are cosmetic (typos in comments and log messages) or fixes to the build system; there have been no functional changes.
New user modes (R, C) and channel modes (r, R) have been implemented, the flood and abuse protection has been improved (for example, better limits for list replies), and support for Anope IRC services has been enhanced. In addition, exception lists (mode e) have been implemented and several IRC commands are more standards-compliant now. The IRC commands GLINE and KLINE have been implemented.
New configuration options to enhance the privacy of users, to cloak some information regarding users and hosts, and to scrub CTCP messages have been implemented. A new channel mode "O" (IRC Ops only) has been introduced. The ngircd.conf configuration file has been restructured. Many minor enhancements and fixes have been applied.
