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authorJames Yonan <james@openvpn.net>2011-03-13 06:59:25 +0000
committerDavid Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>2011-04-25 22:13:22 +0200
commit1c5ff7722dbd3e32aa3e5b7d5cb77773f083472d (patch)
tree7eccc7d6ba60b93adccf7c473f2489da7db0a024 /openvpn.8
parentAdded --enable-lzo-stub configure option to build an OpenVPN client without L... (diff)
downloadopenvpn-1c5ff7722dbd3e32aa3e5b7d5cb77773f083472d.tar.xz
Added optional journal directory argument to "port-share" directive, for reporting client IP origins of proxied connections.
git-svn-id: http://svn.openvpn.net/projects/branches/BETA21@7031 e7ae566f-a301-0410-adde-c780ea21d3b5
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@@ -3240,7 +3240,7 @@ disable the remapping feature. Don't use this option unless you
know what you are doing!
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
-.B --port-share host port
+.B --port-share host port [dir]
When run in TCP server mode, share the OpenVPN port with
another application, such as an HTTPS server. If OpenVPN
senses a connection to its port which is using a non-OpenVPN
@@ -3250,6 +3250,16 @@ Currently only designed to work with HTTP/HTTPS,
though it would be theoretically possible to extend to
other protocols such as ssh.
+.B dir
+specifies an optional directory where a temporary file with name N
+containing content C will be dynamically generated for each proxy
+connection, where N is the source IP:port of the client connection
+and C is the source IP:port of the connection to the proxy
+receiver. This directory can be used as a dictionary by
+the proxy receiver to determine the origin of the connection.
+Each generated file will be automatically deleted when the proxied
+connection is torn down.
+
Not implemented on Windows.
.\"*********************************************************
.SS Client Mode