commit 15c744428358b2a9a1014e10ce803604cc72deae from: Alexander Barton date: Tue May 26 21:00:25 2020 UTC Update description text in manual page, too! commit - eb46f3d96d9617fad2887cf465516ea9c03dd174 commit + 15c744428358b2a9a1014e10ce803604cc72deae blob - 62251573f8281e6aaed194f3403656123cb40ded blob + b27421a31d5d12e3f1399eddae12ec26056ddee6 --- man/ngircd.8.tmpl +++ 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 :-)