---
name: "bopm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "bopm"
version: "3.1.3-3+b2"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bopm"
---

# bopm(1)

Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor

## NAME

BOPM - Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor

## DESCRIPTION

BOPM, also known as the Blitzed Open Proxy Monitor, is an IRC bot which requires operator privileges to scan the clients connecting to your IRC server for open proxies.

- **-c** \<name\>

  Path to the configuration file.  By default BOPM reads \`/etc/bopm/bopm.conf', but \`-c CONFNAME' will cause BOPM to read \`/etc/bopm/CONFNAME.conf' instead. The primary use for this is to run multiple BOPMs from one directory.

- **-d**

  Debug mode. BOPM will not fork, and will write logs to stderr. Multiple **-d** increase the debug level.

- **-v** \<directory\>

  Specifies the path where the logfile should be saved to.  By default BOPM saves its logfile to \`/var/log/bopm/CONFNAME.log'.  This option allows you to specify an alternative directory.

## AUTHORS

**bopm** was written by Erik Fears, Andy Smith, David Leadbeater, Sotiris Tsimbonis, Rob Levin, Ben AKA locksmith, John Payne, Jakub Jankowski, Emre ERTUGAY, Alex Wu and Harald Skoglund.