Ctrlproxy - Comparison

Feature	CtrlProxy	Dircproxy	ezbounce	psybnc
Runs on console	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Runs as a daemon	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Runs from inetd	Yes	Yes	No	No
Able to proxy many simultaneous users and IRC connections	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can use IRC server password to authenticate	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can connect to servers that require password	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Completely non-blocking throughout	Yes	Yes	No	No
Can have list of servers to connect to for a network, and cycle thru it	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can throttle data sent to server to ensure you are never flooded off	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Remains connected after client disconnects	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reconnects to servers if connection is dropped	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can automatically join channels when connecting to network	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can leave channels when you detach and rejoin when you come back.	3.1	Yes	No	Yes
Can bind to any IP on your host.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can change what username is presented on IRC without affecting other users its proxying for.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can send a message to all channels to indicate when you detach and reattach.	3.0.1	Yes	No	No
Can change your nickname when you detach.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Sets you /AWAY when you detach, if you forget to do so.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Fully configurable logging support so when you reattach you can see what you missed.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Log text recalled to your client is sent so your client sees it as ordinary IRC text.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can timestamp text in log files so you know when it was sent, also can adjust the timestamp you see depending on how long ago it was sent.	Yes	Yes	No	No
Can make permanent log files for your own use of everything on channels or all private messages.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Can pass log text to a program of your choice (to send you an SMS for example).	3.1	Yes	No	No
Can adjust log timestamps depending on timezone difference between you and the proxy.	No	Yes	No	No
Can proxy DCC chat and sends through itself.	3.1	Yes	Yes	Yes
Can capture DCC sends and store them on the proxy machine while you're detached, and even while you're attached.	3.2	Yes	No	Yes
Captured DCC sends can be made subject to a size limit and have the sender's nickname included in the filename.	3.2	Yes	No	No
Can tunnel DCC sends and chats through ssh tunnels.	3.2	Yes	No	No
Customisable message of the day.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
command interface for users to do extra things with the proxy.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Host and password based security.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Easy to configure and get running.	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
NickServ support	Yes	No	No	No
Binding to a local ip adress	Yes	No	No	No
SSL Support (client mode and server mode)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Complete runtime configuration	Yes	No	No	Yes
Python scripting support (optional)	3.1	No	No	No
Easily extendable (thru plugins system)	Yes	No	No	Yes
CTCP Support when no client is connected	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Customizable log format	Yes	No	Yes	No
Support for multiple clients connected to one server thru one process	Yes	No	No	Yes
Direct interfacing with inetd-style local IRC servers (such as bitlbee)	Yes	No	No	No
Responses to queries are only sent to the client that sent the query	Yes	No	No	No
Backlogs on demand	Yes	No	No	Yes
GUI configuration	Soon	No	No	Yes
Runs on windows	Soon(3.1)	No	No	No
IPv6 support	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Can auto-op other users	No	No	No	Yes
Can 'merge' two or more networks together, so the client only has to connect once.	3.2	No	No	No
SOCKS server support	Yes	No	No	No

This list was based on the feature lists from dircproxy and ctrlproxy.