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slightly enhance documentation about --cipher

PATCH In review Gert Doering 2 participants 3 messages May 26, 2015 – May 27, 2015

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PATCH 1/1 slightly enhance documentation about --cipher

point out that this is for "data channel" packets

trac #463

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 doc/openvpn.8 | 2 +-
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index b1c2fab..fb759cf 100644
@@ -3904,7 +3904,7 @@ For more information on HMAC see
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-cipher alg
-Encrypt packets with cipher algorithm
+Encrypt data channel packets with cipher algorithm
 .B alg.
 The default is
 .B BF-CBC,
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Quoted 23 lines · Gert Doering

point out that this is for "data channel" packets

trac #463

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 doc/openvpn.8 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
doc/openvpn.8 +1 -2
index b1c2fab..fb759cf 100644
@@ -3904,7 +3904,7 @@ For more information on HMAC see
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-cipher alg
-Encrypt packets with cipher algorithm
+Encrypt data channel packets with cipher algorithm
 .B alg.
 The default is
 .B BF-CBC,
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2.3.6

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Pending the 'man overhaul' it might be not that useful, but I think it would make sense to explain what we mean by 'data channel' and 'control channel' somewhere at the start of the man page. Right now, the explanation is actually *below* this option, under the 'TLS Mode Options' section.

-Steffan

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In reply to Gert Doering

Patch has been applied to the master and release/2.3 branch.

commit 0fe2498ef9326e301869c9e8a9e622a3996ae579 (master) commit 7327e46c922e3cfe6b797b1f20ea9cffd6e6b522 (release/2.3)

Author: Gert Doering
Date:   Tue May 26 23:01:03 2015 +0200
     slightly enhance documentation about --cipher

     Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]...>
     Acked-by: Steffan Karger <[email protected]...>
     Message-Id: <[email protected]...>
     URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/9746

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kind regards,

Gert Doering