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'''UnrealIRCd''' is an [[IRC daemon]] forked from [[EliteIRCd]]<ref name="fork"/> (which is a Dreamforge fork) written in C and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). UnrealIRCd is very popular amongst small networks and less experienced users and out of those networks indexed by [http://www.searchirc.com SearchIRC], it [http://searchirc.com/ircd-versions ranks #1 in servers using it].
'''UnrealIRCd''' is an [[IRC daemon]] forked from [[EliteIRCd]]<ref name="fork"/> (which is a Dreamforge fork) written in C and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). UnrealIRCd is very popular amongst small networks and less experienced users and out of those networks indexed by [http://www.searchirc.com SearchIRC], it [http://searchirc.com/ircd-versions ranks #1 in servers using it].


===Usability===
UnrealIRCd is commonly used alongside the [[Anope]] [[IRC services|services package]], although UnrealIRCd is supported of a wide range of other services, such as [[Atheme]] and [[Services for IRC Networks|IRC Services]]. UnrealIRCd can also be used with the [[Extended IRC services|extended services]] [[Denora]] and [[NeoStats]] which will both provide statistics for the IRC server.
===History===
Development of UnrealIRCd began around May 1999, but by today, development got a bit stale and saw many developers quitting<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=6175</ref><ref>http://www.unrealircd.com/index.php?mode=archive</ref> while plans for a new release that is more than a bug fix release are often changing.<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4469&p=22808#p22808</ref><ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=5709</ref>
Development of UnrealIRCd began around May 1999, but by today, development got a bit stale and saw many developers quitting<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=6175</ref><ref>http://www.unrealircd.com/index.php?mode=archive</ref> while plans for a new release that is more than a bug fix release are often changing.<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4469&p=22808#p22808</ref><ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=5709</ref>


UnrealIRCd is commonly used alongside the [[Anope]] [[IRC services|services package]], although UnrealIRCd is supported of a wide range of other services, such as [[Atheme]] and [[Services for IRC Networks|IRC Services]]. UnrealIRCd can also be used with the [[Extended IRC services|extended services]] [[Denora]] and [[NeoStats]] which will both provide statistics for the IRC server.
===Exploit===
 
It was discovered in June 2010 that the Unreal3.2.8 tarball on some of their mirrors had a trojan in it, that allowed any user, regardless of privileges to execute commands. It is believed the trojan was placed in the tar.gz in November 2009.<ref>http://www.unrealircd.com/txt/unrealsecadvisory.20100612.txt</ref> However the UnrealIRCd team have implemented counter measures to prevent this happening again.<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=6566</ref>
It was discovered in June 2010 that the Unreal3.2.8 tarball on some of their mirrors had a trojan in it, that allowed any user, regardless of privileges to execute commands. It is believed the trojan was placed in the tar.gz in November 2009.<ref>http://www.unrealircd.com/txt/unrealsecadvisory.20100612.txt</ref> However the UnrealIRCd team have implemented counter measures to prevent this happening again.<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=6566</ref>


===Latets release===
Unreal 3.2.9 was released in November 2011<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=7402</ref>
Unreal 3.2.9 was released in November 2011<ref>http://forums.unrealircd.com/viewtopic.php?t=7402</ref>



Revision as of 15:27, 8 September 2012

UnrealIRCd
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Programming language: C
Platform: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, Windows
Status: Active
Based on: EliteIRCd[1]
License: GNU General Public License
Latest release: 3.2.9
Homepage: http://www.unrealircd.com/


UnrealIRCd is an IRC daemon forked from EliteIRCd[1] (which is a Dreamforge fork) written in C and released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). UnrealIRCd is very popular amongst small networks and less experienced users and out of those networks indexed by SearchIRC, it ranks #1 in servers using it.

Usability

UnrealIRCd is commonly used alongside the Anope services package, although UnrealIRCd is supported of a wide range of other services, such as Atheme and IRC Services. UnrealIRCd can also be used with the extended services Denora and NeoStats which will both provide statistics for the IRC server.

History

Development of UnrealIRCd began around May 1999, but by today, development got a bit stale and saw many developers quitting[2][3] while plans for a new release that is more than a bug fix release are often changing.[4][5]

Exploit

It was discovered in June 2010 that the Unreal3.2.8 tarball on some of their mirrors had a trojan in it, that allowed any user, regardless of privileges to execute commands. It is believed the trojan was placed in the tar.gz in November 2009.[6] However the UnrealIRCd team have implemented counter measures to prevent this happening again.[7]

Latets release

Unreal 3.2.9 was released in November 2011[8]

Supported Extended Services

See also

References