On Unix systems, services which are seldom used can be automatically started when needed by the inetd super-daemon. This conserves resources, but incurs a minor delay when the connection is initated. This also gives administrators a central point for implementing IP-based access controls (usually via. tcp wrappers). Tircproxy can be started on demand by inetd.
Alternately, if Tircproxy is being used alot or if you wish to take advantage of certain features unavailable when running from inetd, Tircproxy can run in stand-alone mode (as a daemon).