ngircd

Description:An IRC server written from scratch
License: GPL-2
Homepage:https://ngircd.barton.de/
Location:Portage
Legend:
  • + - stable
  • ~ - unstable
  • M - hardmask
alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 m68k mips ppc ppc64 s390 sh sparc x86
26.1-r5 - + + - - - - - - - - - +

USE flags

  • debug - Enable extra debug codepaths, like asserts and extra output. If you want to get meaningful backtraces see https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Quality_Assurance/Backtraces
  • gnutls - Prefer net-libs/gnutls as SSL/TLS provider (ineffective with USE=-ssl)
  • ident - Enables support for net-libs/libident
  • ipv6 - Add support for IP version 6
  • irc-plus - Enables support for the IRC+ protocol (needs virtual/libiconv)
  • pam - Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
  • ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
  • strict-rfc - Strict RFC compliance; may harm compatibility
  • tcpd - Add support for TCP wrappers
  • test - Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)
  • verify-sig - Verify upstream signatures on distfiles
  • zlib - Add support for zlib (de)compression

Security Advisory

Date Severity Title
almost 17 years normal ngIRCd: Denial of Service
almost 20 years high ngIRCd: Buffer overflow

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