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The InspIRCd team released version 1.2.7 of their stable branch yesterday which fixes 2 critical bugs that can result in DoS conditions, so an upgrade is advised.

The first crash that has been fixed is triggerable when a remote server has the same name as a local one which possibly crashes the linking IRCd. This bug was squashed by developer danieldg in this commit.

The second bug can lead to a Denial of Service condition due to memory exhaustion which is possible since ban exception masks weren’t limited in length and numbers according to MAXBANS.

The ShadowIRCd project just released version 6.1.0 of their Charybdis-based IRCd, just little over a month after the release of version 6.0.0.

The new release adds a few new features, configuration options and “massive helpfile updates”.

The developer team implemented a server-side /CYCLE (also called /HOP in some clients) command which parts and rejoins the user from the channel he specifies.

A lot of management-commands like those pertaining to modules (like MODLOAD) can now be executed remotely, remote stopping or restarting the IRCd through DIE and RESTART has been introduced as well.

Those who closely follow either projects development will have noticed a few “odd” looking commits to their sourcecode in the past few days.

The commits all concerned InspIRCds m_invisible module which provides similar functionality as the old mode +I in UnrealIRCd 3.1.x.

Quoting the InspIRCd wiki page about m_invisible the module

adds support for quiet (invisible) opers. A quiet oper is invisible to normal users on channels. This can be used for surveillence of botnet channels, statistics bots, etc. Note that other opers CAN see invisible opers; +Q only hides the oper from non-opers.

ShadowIRCd, a project that died off in 2004, has been revived and is now based on the charybdis IRCd.

The IRCd, formerly based on IRCd-Hybrid, brings a whole lot of features and enhancements that can be considered useful for opers and users alike.

New features include lots of user & channel modes like the implementation of usermode +C (blocks CTCPs) and +G which prevents users from messaging you “unless you’re both on at least one channel together”. Usermode +V prevents users from getting invites from others, to which coder jdhore says that “as far as I’m aware no other IRCd has”.

The InspIRCd team brings us another fresh release of the upcoming generation of their IRCd – InspIRCd 2.0 beta4.

The features and enhancements that are introduced with the new branch are huge and tops those available in the 1.2 stable branch in every aspect.

And just as in the stable version, every feature, every mode and every module can either be enabled or disabled – customize your IRCd the way you want it.

The features the team ponders to implement are listed on their Roadmap page in their Wiki – a list with already programmed features can be found here.