IRCd advantages / disadvantages

Keiji · Newbie Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 66

There are many types of IRCd's out there, and I'm just wondering, what are the advantages and disadvantages of these different IRCd's?

flux · Posted: Oct 18, 2006 11:38am Post subject:

alot is down to personal preference more than anythin else

unrealircd is liked for its fetures, modes, filters etc
inspircd for its module support
and the likes of ircu / hybrid for its stable user load handling

zork · none Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Posts: 14

yeah.. You must try all the ircd then take a choice, Personally I've tested all the IRCDs and I love InspIRCd, because I can disable and enable some modules which I don't like, such +a or +Q. EFnet's IRCD has some cool features too, like decide users from .fr to connect to a .fr's server. Anyway, you should try all the ircds!. Good luck.

Jobe · Posted: Oct 18, 2006 3:24pm Post subject: Re: umm

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

im using nefarious, but its not popular. so some things like denora for example do not work. im really wondering if i should change.

Alpha · Lurker Joined: 29 Dec 2005 Posts: 206

PingBad · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 2031 Location: New Zealand

The best comparison (in my experience) is sampling the ones you think do what you want them to do... ask yourself this: what exactly do you want out of an IRCd? Do you want host masking? how about vHosts? What kind of support (in terms of help channels, operating system and services) does the IRCd need to have, and has already?

Wikipedia has an article comparing the various IRCds available... could be worth a read

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

shadow16 · Lurker Joined: 02 Sep 2005 Posts: 186 Location: IRC

I really like charybdis. It has a good amount of features, module support, and proven stability. It's based on ircd-ratbox.

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

i noticed today new modes they i didnt know about to be honest
the half op and some intresting ones .. hide idle hide whois and tells u who is whoising u etc
damn i should have read the helpfile more often

magpie · Idler Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 454 Location: Essex, UK

At the risk of starting a flamewar....WHOIS notification is one of the most awful and useless features ever.

Jobe · Posted: Oct 22, 2006 4:34am Post subject:

Personally i dont think WHOIS notification is that bad an idea but i do hate oeprs who /kill or even ban anyone just for /whois'ing them. As an Oper it is almost garunteed you will get /whois'ed whether you like it or not.

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

its lame yeah but i like it hehe, but i wouldnt do like others : "dont whois me" i wouldnt even tell my users i know that im whoised..

PingBad · Guru Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 2031 Location: New Zealand

okay, I might be looked upon as "lame" or "n00bish" for admitting this (and get the f*ck over it, those who call me that)... but yes, I do have a script that catches the "has done a /whois on you" server notice. But hey, all it does is reply with a random line via /notice - nothing special, but since I have received little (if not nothing) in the complaints dept I guess I'll hang onto this script

Stefano · Eleet Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 527 Location: Beirut

ok i vote for nefarious
the updated version is great