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  NIGHT LIGHT IRC PROXY
  MULTI USER IRC BOUNCER WITH IPV6 AND SSL SUPPORT
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  WRITTEN BY JONAS KVINGE
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  FEATURES


  o Open-Source, written in C and platform independent.

  o Runs as a daemon in the background (no graphical interface).

  o Works on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, OSF1,
    WIN32 and more.

  o Full asynchronous operation for sockets and DNS. Uses the ares or c-ares
    library for asynchronous DNS.

  o Can listen to multiple host:ports for incoming connections.

  o Multi-user. Can bouncer simultaneous users at the same time to different
    IRC servers.

  o Multiple users can connect to the bouncer at the same time.

  o Users can connect to the bouncer from multiple machines at the same time and
    share one single connection.

  o Unlimited number of IRC connections controlled through a configuration
    file. Each connection is owned by a specific user.

  o You can control which IP-addresses or hostnames are allowed or denied
    connection through a configuration file.

  o User configuration file with encrypted passwords.

  o Optional feature to use system passwords for athentication when the daemon
    is started as root (Not supported on all systems).

  o IRC connections are defined in a configuration file and stay connected
    to IRC independent of users. This also give ircbouncer administrator control
    over where users connect.

  o Stays connected to IRC when the user disconnects from the bouncer. The user
    can easily "attach" to the session and resume the connection to IRC.

  o Connections can automatically reconnect if disconnected and rejoin channels.

  o The bouncer will automatically set correct ident for a IRC connection when
    the ircproxy is started as root and the machine has a ident server running.
    Assumed that the system must support seteuid().

  o An optionally built-in ident daemon can be enabled.

  o Optional logging for connections, log files is placed in users home
    directory if the bouncer is ran as root.

  o SendQ mechanism with throttling to prevent connections from sending to much
    data too fast to the IRC server. Can be limited both by buffer per seconds and
    lines per seconds.

  o Support for IPv6 and SSL.


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