# IRCNow Roadmap

## Plans for Profit

# Build a free and open Internet platform for 3rd party businesses to easily buy/sell to users; charge transaction fees on each sale

  # Provide an IRC marketplace and cryptocoin payment platform

  # Provide an IRC platform for developers of IRC bots and games

  # Provide an IRC analytics platform for advertisers (require user consent)

  # These 3rd parties could sell proprietary software and services, ads, and physical goods

# Directly sell our users annual subscriptions for

  # Extra file storage for web, file, and email hosting

  # VPS hosting

  # IRCd hosting

# Collect donations

## Ongoing

# Invite your friends to [connect to our network](ircnow/servers) and [[request zncs](/bouncer/bouncer)
# Invite your friends to [connect to our network](ircnow/servers) and [[request zncs](/bouncer/bouncer)

# Recruit new [teammates](/Ircnow/Team)

# Finish [Minutemin Training](/Minutemin/Training)

# Learn the [OpenBSD software stack](/Openbsd/Openbsd) thoroughly and train other teammtes

# Update your team's [server page](/Ircnow/Servers) to show what services you offer

# Update the [Sysadmin Almanack](/Openbsd/Openbsd) to improve it for other sysadmins

## Jan 2021 to Dec 2021

# Provide [znc accounts](/bouncer/bouncer)

  # Install and configure [bitlbee](/openbsd/bitlbee)

# Provide [shell accounts](/shell/shell)

# Provide [web hosting](/www/www)

  # Offer [chrooted sftp](/openbsd/sftp) access

  # Offer [pmwiki](/openbsd/pmwiki) for each user

  # Offer [PHP](/openbsd/php) web hosting

  # Offer [BCHS](/openbsd/bchs) web hosting

    # Offer [undeadly's](https://undeadly.org) [[source code](/https://undeadly.org/src/) for blogs
    # Offer [undeadly's](https://undeadly.org) [[source code](/https://undeadly.org/src/) for blogs

    # Alternatively, offer [centroid's](https://centroid.eu/blog) [[source code](/https://gotweb.centroid.eu/cgi-bin/gotweb/gotweb?path=centroidblog.got&action=tree) for blogs
    # Alternatively, offer [centroid's](https://centroid.eu/blog) [[source code](/https://gotweb.centroid.eu/cgi-bin/gotweb/gotweb?path=centroidblog.got&action=tree) for blogs

    # Offer [gotweb](/openbsd/gotweb) for version control

# Provide [eggdrops](/openbsd/eggdrop)

# Provide file hosting

  # Setup a [chrooted sftp](/openbsd/sftp)

  # For shell servers, provide [openrsync](openbsd/openrsync), rsync, and [[scp](/openbsd/scp)
  # For shell servers, provide [openrsync](openbsd/openrsync), rsync, and [[scp](/openbsd/scp)

# Provide IPSec VPNs with [IKED](/openbsd/iked)

# Provide mail hosting

  # Configure [opensmtpd](openbsd/opensmtpd) and [[dovecot](/openbsd/dovecot)
  # Configure [opensmtpd](openbsd/opensmtpd) and [[dovecot](/openbsd/dovecot)

  # Find a spam solution, possibly using [spamd](/openbsd/spamd)

# Improve security:

  # Set up server [firewalls](/openbsd/pf)

  # Harden [file permissions](/Openbsd/FilePermissions)

  # Set up DNS blacklists

  # Implement quotas

# Experiment with suggested [third party apps](/Third/Third)

## Jan 2022 to December 2022

# Patch ngircd:

  # Add support for ilines

  # Toggle +r user mode based as determined by open proxy monitors

  # Fix buffer exhausted errors

  # Add ELIST functionality for IRCCloud since this client cannot use /list

  # Add defcon mode

  # Add /ns and /cs aliases

# Improve [botnow](/openbsd/botnow), a script for registering IRCNow services

  # Add support for instant registration of shell accounts

  # Add support for automatic eggdrop compilation and configuration

# Add interactive UNIX tutorials for shell account users

# Add interactive VPS tutorials for teammates

# Update website theme

# Create disaster recovery plan

  # Automated backups / restore testing

# Setup [opensnmpd](/openbsd/opensnmpd) for alert monitoring

# Patch [identd](/openbsd/identd) to allow spoofing

# CGI script to view znc logs

## Future

# Improve security:

  # Automate check for abusive processes/malware on shell accounts

# Write interactive C programming tutorials

# Switch services from anope to fork of achurch

# Switch open proxy monitor from hopm to fork of acopm

# Encourage use of psybnc instead of znc

  # Add playback feature to psybnc

  # Allow searching of old IRC history

  # Fix IPv6 connection issues with psybnc

  # Add NickServ modules that 'just works' across all major IRC networks

# Add new features to achurch:

  # MemeServ

  # HoneyServ

  # PasteServ

  # TrapServ

  # FileServ

  # KeyServ

# Provide telephony using SIP

  # Setup [[openbsd/asterisk]]

  # Provide free sip accounts

  # Register DIDs

  # Provide free TURN/STUN servers

# Write web IRC app

## Marketing

# Get our IRC network listed

  # https://search.mibbit.com/, mIRC, androIRC

  # https://netsplit.de/

  # Get listed on undeadly.org

(:if false:)

  # Use Yahoo's NSFW bot to scan for banned content

(:ifend:)

# [IRCNow Todo List](/ircnow/todo)