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spec: Describe nonce-tcp as "nonce-authenticated", not "nonce-secured"
authorSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:27:25 +0000 (18:27 +0100)
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:42:54 +0000 (16:42 +0100)
nonce-tcp isn't really any more secure than tcp, unless you are
using ANONYMOUS authentication, which should not be considered
secure in any case. Avoid the word "secured" so that people don't
get the wrong idea.

Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=106004
Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
Reviewed-by: Philip Withnall <withnall@endlessm.com>
doc/dbus-specification.xml

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       </sect3>
     </sect2>
     <sect2 id="transports-nonce-tcp-sockets">
-      <title>Nonce-secured TCP Sockets</title>
+      <title>Nonce-authenticated TCP Sockets</title>
       <para>
         The nonce-tcp transport provides a modified TCP transport using a
         simple authentication mechanism, to ensure that only clients with read