patch 17b3e7fb0ee1d0153c40740e2934a2030bd9b0ba Author: E. Bosch Date: Thu Dec 7 21:16:12 CET 2023 * README update diff -rN -u old-irgramd/README.md new-irgramd/README.md --- old-irgramd/README.md 2024-11-22 17:17:30.399355470 +0100 +++ new-irgramd/README.md 2024-11-22 17:17:30.399355470 +0100 @@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ Telegram account, this allows connecting to the same Telegram account from different IRC clients on different locations or devices, so one irgramd instance only connects to one Telegram account, if you want to connect to -several Telegram accounts you will need to run several irgramd instances. +several Telegram accounts you will need to run several irgramd instances. If +all IRC clients are disconnected, irgramd will remain connected to Telegram. + +irgramd can also be seen as a kind of bouncer ([BNC]), with the difference +that instead of talking IRC protocol on the client side, it talks Telegram +protocol (MTProto), and can hide the IP and location of the IRC client (if +executed in a different host). ## Features @@ -130,3 +136,4 @@ [tornado]: https://www.tornadoweb.org [aioconsole]: https://github.com/vxgmichel/aioconsole [pyPAM]: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/python3-pam +[BNC]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BNC_(software)