DICE : IRC/HTTP/opennap hybrid server for Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003.

DICE is a multi-protocol hybrid server application that will offer simultaneous connectivity from IRC clients, HTTP clients (WWW browsers) and opennap clients.

Here are some key features of "DICE":

· Overview
RFC 1459/2812 compliant IRC server (See here for the list of modifications to the RFC spec)
HTTP 1.1 (RFC2616)-compliant web server
OpenNap-compliant directory-publishing service
Runs as Windows Service
Secure remote administration via web user-interface over SSL (certificate required)
Fully optimized to Windows OS and multicore processors with multithreading and advanced I/O
Compatible with Windows Firewall in Windows XP SP2 / Windows Server 2003 SP1
UPnP port mapping for NAT traversal
Reports global IP-address change by UPnP and automatically updates a dynamic DNS entry

· Web
Fully customizable AJAX-based web UI and multi-locale text resources in XML
Bulit-in user control panel in the web UI provides membership database management
HTTP Digest access authentication
PHP 5 support via ISAPI Extension
.NET web application container with on-demand C#/VB.NET/JScript source compilation
Fast Perl CGI execution by the embedded Perl interpreter
CAPTCHA image-based authentication against account registration spam
Hotlink protection against bandwidth leech
Remote file download manager among administration tools in the web UI

· IRC Chat
Interoperability of IRC clients and opennap clients in channels
User-customizable Web IRC Client in Flash and JavaScript that enables access via a web browser
IRC User Shell provides persistent nick / channel management
IRC host-spoof proxy scanner (SOCKS4/5/Wingate/HTTP)
IRC over SSL and normal IRC through a single port
User-customizable multi-locale IRC text resources in XML
Unique hostname masking that hides user IP addresses in IRC
Built-in spam-killer bot against private message spam
Channel creation lock and forced channel join
Comprehensive server-side channel activity logging


Requirements:

· .NET Framework 2.0


Limitations:

· In the evaluation version, IRC users can't use their own nick names.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Implemented IP-address-range whitelist for login to the DICE User Control Panel
· Added a non-volatile storage for the WAN IP address in the XML store for a report to a dynamic DNS service
· [IRC] Implemented Socket Policy File support for the Web IRC Client on Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0