From: David Sommerseth Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:23:30 +0100 Message-Id: <1481718210-15673-1-git-send-email-davids@...515...> Subject: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Further enhance async-push feature description List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth --- Changes.rst | 9 +++++---- configure.ac | 2 +- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Changes.rst b/Changes.rst index a5002dd..7da1119 100644 --- a/Changes.rst +++ b/Changes.rst @@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ Control channel encryption (``--tls-crypt``) post-quantum security. Asynchronous push reply - If asynchronous authentication is enabled and completed after server received - PUSH_REQUEST message, server sends PUSH_REPLY immediately without waiting for next - PUSH_REQUEST. Requires use of ``--enable-async-push`` as ./configure parameter at - build time. + Plug-ins providing support for deferred authentication can benefit from a more + responsive authentication where the server sends PUSH_REPLY immediately once + the authentication result is ready instead of waiting for the the client to + to send PUSH_REQUEST once more. This requires OpenVPN to be built with + ``./configure --enable-async-push``. This is a compile-time only switch. Deprecated features diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 27bdcc3..4f086ea 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE( AC_ARG_ENABLE( [async-push], - [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-async-push], [enable async-push support @<:@default=no@:>@])], + [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-async-push], [enable async-push support for plugins providing deferred authentication @<:@default=no@:>@])], , [enable_async_push="no"] ) -- 1.8.3.1