slightly enhance documentation about --cipher
PATCH 1/1 slightly enhance documentation about --cipher
point out that this is for "data channel" packets
trac #463
Signed-off-by Gert Doering <[email protected]...>
--- doc/openvpn.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
doc/openvpn.8 +1 -1
@@ -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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point out that this is for "data channel" packets
trac #463
Signed-off-by Gert Doering <[email protected]...>--- doc/openvpn.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)doc/openvpn.8 +1
-2@@ -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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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
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--
kind regards,
Gert Doering