Editing IRC (section)

===Bouncer===
{{Main|BNC (software)}}
A program that runs as a [[daemon (computer software)|daemon]] on a [[Server (computing)|server]] and functions as a persistent [[proxy server|proxy]] is known as a BNC or bouncer. The purpose is to maintain a connection to an IRC server, acting as a relay between the server and client, or simply to act as a proxy.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Should the client lose network connectivity, the BNC may stay connected and archive all traffic for later delivery, allowing the user to resume their IRC session without disrupting their connection to the server.<ref>{{cite web
| url         = http://www.psybnc.at/readme.txt
| title       = psyBNC Readme
| access-date  = 10 April 2011
| publisher   = psybnc.at
}}</ref>

Furthermore, as a way of obtaining a bouncer-like effect, an IRC client (typically [[text-based]], for example [[Irssi]]) may be run on an always-on server to which the user connects via [[secure shell|ssh]]. This also allows devices that only have ssh functionality, but no actual IRC client installed themselves, to connect to the IRC, and it allows sharing of IRC sessions.<ref>{{cite web
| url         = http://chriscarey.com/wordpress/2009/07/18/irc-with-irssi-proxy-screen/
| title       = IRC with irssi-proxy + screen
| access-date  = 10 April 2011
| last        = Carey
| first       = Chris
| date        = 18 July 2009
| publisher   = chriscarey.com
}}</ref>

To keep the IRC client from quitting when the ssh connection closes, the client can be run inside a [[terminal multiplexer]] such as [[GNU Screen]] or [[tmux]], thus staying connected to the IRC network(s) constantly and able to log conversation in channels that the user is interested in, or to maintain a channel's presence on the network. Modelled after this setup, in 2004 an IRC client following the [[client–server model|client–server]], called [[Smuxi]], was launched.<ref>{{cite web
| url         = http://www.smuxi.org/blog/show/Detachable_Frontend_Core_Rewrite__UML__Windows_Port_kicking_Glade
| title       = Detachable Frontend (Core Rewrite) / UML / Windows Port (kicking Glade)
| access-date  = 25 July 2010
| date        = 25 December 2004
| publisher   = smuxi.org
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url         = http://www.smuxi.org/page/About
| title       = About Smuxi
| access-date  = 10 April 2011
| publisher   = smuxi.org
}}</ref>