Bip

h1. Features

* transparent detaching and attaching of clients

* proxy multiple users and IRC connections (multiuser, multiserver)

* automatically join channels upon connection

* backlog events (messages, nick changes, quits, …) upon client connection (optional)

* optional timestamp backlogs

* limit backlog to N lines per channel or backlog since since last client-quit or client-message

* logging support – can be disabled for low disk space servers/accounts. It can even be done in memory if you want backlog without file on disk (think wrt54g and the like)

* configurable logfile format using bip user, bip network name, channel name, and month/day (rotate logs)

* complete text file configuration (+vim syntax file)

* multiple IRC clients can access to the same IRC connection (same network, same nick) transparently

* SSL support on the port Bip listens to (client SSL)

* oidentd support for multiple identities (oidentd spoofing)

* bip runs in one process and tries hard not to hog your CPU for no reason

* low memory usage

h2. Per user stuff

* hashed password-based authentication

* SSL certificate check against a per user list of certificates, ca (optional), allows ssh-like security scheme through SSL certificates

h2. Per connection stuff

* stays in your joined channels

* optional away nick when no client is attached

* optional away status when no client is attached

* send raw IRC commands upon connection to the network

* configurable management of your nick when there’s a disconnection to the server

h2. Network stuff

* SSL support for server connections

* multiple IP/hostnames, DNS round robin support

* IRC command interface, allowing to control or push some runtime configuration options.