I'm planning on using ngircd(I've used it back on a VPS with release 13 or so before), as an ICB[1] wannabe with a web interface, as a simple synchronous text chat system for a small group of people who are either slackers(I am one too!) or not nerdic-inclined. For this I would probably be using some OpenBSD(It just works, pretty simple all around) box on my local network, with ngircd compiled as: --disable-ircplus --with-openssl --without-zeroconf --without-ident --without-pam --without-zlib --disable-ipv6 I would then set up 'proper' https on something like thttpd[2](is this a good idea? I'd rather not deal with Apache) to host qwebirc[3]. It would be https web only access to limit user confusion. If someone can suggest a better web interface to IRC I would be open - but I'm looking at qwebirc because Freenode uses it. Has anyone done anything similar? The only negative thing I can think of(right now) would be no DCC SEND support for file transfers due to the web interface, but considering everyone is behind broken networks anyway(NAT), we'll probably use some private FTP. Thank you. PS: I wonder if --enable-strict-rfc would cause problems with qwebirc or others, as I don't plan on having traditional IRC clients(except a convenient bot) connect and I know it breaks mIRC. Then again, it shouldn't matter, but it helped a friend when he only had telnet and a copy of the RFCs - it also feels good in an OCD sort of way. [1] http://www.icb.net/ [2] http://www.qwebirc.org/ [3] http://www.acme.com/software/thttpd/ -- end