Clarify --block-outside-dns documentation

PATCH In review ValdikSS 2 participants 2 messages Jan 16, 2016

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ValdikSS

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2016-01-16 14:05 UTC #0 lore raw

PATCH v2 1/1 Clarify --block-outside-dns documentation

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 doc/openvpn.8 | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

doc/openvpn.8 +10 -0

index ef77b29..76650e9 100644
@@ -5575,6 +5575,16 @@ DNS leaks. This option prevents any application from accessing
 TCP or UDP port 53 except one inside the tunnel. It uses
 Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) and works on Windows Vista or
 later.
+
+This option is considered unknown on non-Windows platforms
+and unsupported on Windows XP, resulting in fatal error.
+You may want to use
+.B \-\-setenv opt
+or
+.B \-\-ignore\-unknown\-option
+(not suitable for Windows XP) to ignore said error.
+Note that pushing unknown options from server does not trigger
+fatal errors.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
 .B \-\-dhcp\-renew

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2.7.0

Gert Doering

2016-01-16 20:24 UTC #1 lore raw

ACK, thanks.

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

commit cc4761fcafdeceea1a4b004f91c9fb47ef8b19c1 (master) commit 6aef2d00e5e28482c410ce8ceffb305c77f30fa3 (release/2.3)

Author: ValdikSS
Date:   Sat Jan 16 17:05:26 2016 +0300

     Clarify --block-outside-dns documentation

     Acked-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]...>
     Message-Id: <[email protected]...>
     URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/11001
     Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]...>

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kind regards,

Gert Doering