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Best of Linux Winner January 17, 2000

UltimateIRCd Conferencing - IRC I have this thing about servers -- I love playing with them. This tends to make the system administrator gurus at Dave Central very nervous, especially after that last incident. Since they made me promise (in writing) not to go near the production machines ever again, I've had to satisfy my server fetish on the computers within Casa Dave. This weekend was spent learning my way around UltimateIRCd, a server for IRC, or Internet Relay Chat. Most major Linux distributions include the plain vanilla ircd server, and other servers can be obtained for free via download. UltimateIRCd seems to pack a little extra "oomph" missing from those other servers. UltimateIRCd takes the best of DalNet DreamForge, Global-IRC Unreal, several other ircd servers, and a healthy dose of original code to cook up an IRC server that packs a wallop. The goal of UltimateIRCd's author was to create an IRC server package that's hassle-free for users and operators alike. The server supports a wide range of channel modes, user/operator commands and other goodies. These modes and commands offer a bit more stability and security than other IRC servers. This means you might actually get to chat for a change, instead of having to dig out from underneath script kiddies and DOS attacks. UltimateIRCd can be used as a standalone server or as part of a network. The server includes code that will let you use the program as a user-accessed server or a hub that other servers link through to create an IRC network. UltimateIRCd is a work in progress; be sure to check back often for the latest and greatest updates. Product Details and Download Links

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