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| + | ====== IRCRelayd -- A secure, portable, fast IRC Relay ====== | ||
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| + | In order to make IRC easier to use, we need a powerful relay to help | ||
| + | connect channels across multiple networks. IRCRelayd will help IRC | ||
| + | achieve something similar to the federation offered by protocols such | ||
| + | as XMPP and Matrix. | ||
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| + | To ensure the widest adoption, IRCRelayd is written in portable C and | ||
| + | uses the permissive MIT license. It was based originally on <a | ||
| + | href="https://tools.suckless.org/sic">sic</a>. It features a very | ||
| + | simple config syntax. To deal with spam and abuse, it will include | ||
| + | powerful tools to block join floods, nick change floods, and message | ||
| + | floods. It will include powerful filters to block channel and PM spam | ||
| + | as well as profanity. It will also include the ability to filter | ||
| + | indecent images. | ||
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| + | IRCRelayd is designed so that channel moderation can be centralized | ||
| + | in the relay, so that there is less need to moderate each channel on | ||
| + | each network. | ||
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| + | IRCRelayd creates 1 connection per user in each relayed channel on | ||
| + | each network. For this reason, the relay will appear transparent to | ||
| + | the end user (ie, all users appear to be in the same channel). | ||
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| + | Using IRCRelayd will require that the other irc network provides an | ||
| + | i-line for the relay's IP address. However, apart from this, no other | ||
| + | special privileges are needed to run the relay. IRCRelayd runs purely | ||
| + | as a client (not as a server) on each network. | ||
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