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Virtuanet IRCD, based on Undernet's ircu2.10.11.07
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Virtuanet IRC daemon, version u2.10.11.07vn

Based on the original Undernet IRC daemon, version rcu2.10.11.07



Virtuanet-specific features added include:

  - S-line feature allowing server admins to cloak real hostnames and IPs

    for admins and operators, without the use of host hiding (+x). Patch

    originally written by mbuna.

  - Backported from u2.10.12 the R-line feature that provides pseudo-command

    aliases directly in the ircd for sending secure messages to network services 

    (i.e., /ns can be mapped to /msg [email protected]).

  - Topic bursts are now sent as part of the normal burst process. Not sure who

    originally wrote this patch, but send me a note if it was you so that I can 

    credit you.

  - ircu will now honor HIS_* settings if you turn them all off; the addition

    of HIS_MODEWHO prevents ircu from hiding the originating server sending a 

    MODE hack (it still cloaked the server name if every HIS_* setting was 

    turned off).

  - Fixes a few things related to va_arg treatment and libresolv includes to

    allow it to compile on newer platforms (this version of ircu originally

    came out in 2004).



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	Welcome to ircu2.10.11, the Undernet IRC daemon



Version u2.10.11 of the Undernet ircd incorporates many new features

over its predecessor, and we feel that using it will make you very

happy indeed.



New features include:

  - A completely rewritten network event engine, which make full use

    of the asynchronous event engines available in FreeBSD (kqueue)

    and Solaris (/dev/poll), resulting in dramaticaly improved

    performance.

  - New F: (feature) lines in ircd.conf, and the GET/SET commands allow

    many settings to be changed dynamically, rather than by with compile-

    time configuration.

  - The new "account" feature added to the P10 protocol, allows people to

    remain logged in to service bots (i.e., gnuworld) during a netsplit.

    This means people will not have to login again once the network rejoins.



INSTALLATION



Please see the INSTALL file for installation instructions, for hints on how

to best configure your OS for running ircu under high load, see the various

README. files.



COMPATIBILITY



This version of ircu will only work with servers that use the P10 protocol,

some of the new features will only work between ircu2.10.11 servers.



GENERAL PERFORMANCE HINTS



For platform-specific notes and hints, see the various README.

files included in this distribution. The notes below apply to servers that

will serve large numbers (thousands) of clients simultaneously. If your

server serves a small amount of users, you will not really have to do much

of anything about performance tuning.



 - Run an OS that supports an asynchronous network event engine; currently

   these are FreeBSD (kqueue), and Solaris (/dev/poll); possibly other BSDs

   will also support kqueue. This will have a dramatic effect on performance.

 - Make things as lean as possible: Make your server dedicated to ircu,

   disable anything that is not neccesary, and build a custom kernel (where

   possible). 

 - Tune kernel parameters; see the various README. files as well

   as your OS documentation for more information.

 - With many clients connecting each second, ircu will be doing lots of DNS

   lookups. Make sure that the DNS server(s) in your /etc/resolv.conf are as

   close as possible, or run a local caching DNS server on your IRC server.



TIME SYNCHRONIZATION



Many things can and will go horribly wrong when the clocks on the servers

on your network become (too far) out of sync. It is therefore highly

recommended that all servers run a version of ntpd that will keep their

clocks from going astray.



INFORMATION HIDING



As per undernet-admins CFV-165, this server contains code that will,

by default, hide certain information from ordinary users. If you do

not want this, please make sure you add -DINCLUDED_ircd_policy_h to

CFLAGS prior to running ./configure, like in:



> CFLAGS=-DINCLUDED_ircd_policy_h ./configure



MORE INFORMATION



For more information on this software, see the included documentation

in the doc/ directory, as well as http://coder-com.undernet.org.



For general information on the Undernet, vist http://www.undernet.org



Happy IRCing!