From: Gert Doering <gert@...1296...>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 22:47:27 +0200
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Subject: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Correct note about DNS randomization in
	openvpn.8
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Commit 4880739c17b502d00a removed DNS randomization, but this fact
never made it into the man page.

Trac #411

Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@...1296...>
---
 doc/openvpn.8 | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/openvpn.8 b/doc/openvpn.8
index 56e7e80..f6e910c 100644
--- a/doc/openvpn.8
+++ b/doc/openvpn.8
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ not match
 If
 .B host
 is a DNS name which resolves to multiple IP addresses,
-one will be randomly
-chosen, providing a sort of basic load-balancing and
-failover capability.
+the first address returned by the system getaddrinfo() function 
+will be used (no DNS randomization inside OpenVPN 2.3.x, and 
+it will not try multiple addresses).
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-remote\-random\-hostname
-- 
2.3.6