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psychon of the ZNC Bouncer project has just tagged version 0.090 of their popular IRC connection bouncing software.

The new version is a major improvement in terms of features and bugfixes which is also noticeable in the large jump in version numbers from the last release, version 0.080.

The biggest change users of the previous versions will notice is the new Webadmin interface which has gotten both a feature-wise as well as a look&feel makeover. The HTTP server now has moved into ZNCs core which gives all modules the possibility to interact with the Webinterface – 3 of the modules that ship with ZNC already make use of this (lastseen, stickychan and notes).

The ZNC bouncer project has released another version in their stable tree and is now available as version 0.080.

ZNC Webinterface

Despite the still low version number, ZNC sports a huge amount of useful features of which most are dynamically loadable (or unloadable) due to its modular structure.

Full SSL support, buffer playback, Twitter integration and even a Webinterface that provides full control over the bouncer are just a few of the features it comes with.

The new version has loads of minor and major bugfixes and also a few feature additions which can be found in the changelog here.

So you want to have a bouncer to stay connected on your favourite IRC network, hide your IP from hackers and the likes and all that without paying a single cent? Look no further, below we have gathered a few providers of such free BNCs and put them to a test – of course without them knowing

Note that we’ve only tested providers that require no sign-up for dubious services and provide bouncers which are free to use on any network and not only on the one where they have their support-channel – some however ask you to idle there and might cancel your BNC if they find you to not comply with this.

A bouncer (BNC for short) is a piece of software used to relay the communication between an IRC client and the network it is connected to, acting as a Proxy.

So, whats the point you ask? The reasons and benefits of using a bouncer are many and include hiding the real IP you are connecting from, protecting your nickname and channel from being taken on networks that don’t provide channel-/nickname registration and most of the time they’ll also notify you of private messages that came in when you’ve been disconnected – of course only when the bouncer can stay online being connected from a server.

The IRC bouncer project ZNC has a new stable release, version 0.078.

ZNC is an advanced bouncer that has module support, can encrypt all traffic between the servers and clients with SSL and also has a nice webinterface for easy configuration and administration.

Other features are detaching from the BNC with playback support, it has a partyline, can bounce DCCs too and you even can connect with multiple clients to one user, sharing the same username on IRC then.

The changelog is rather long and includes fixes, feature additions and a few internal changes.