From: David Sommerseth Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:23:30 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Further enhance async-push feature description X-Git-Tag: v2.4_rc2~6 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1a8f6b9159708a943ebdb64404de4c5fc887303b;p=thirdparty%2Fopenvpn.git Further enhance async-push feature description Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth Acked-by: Steffan Karger Message-Id: <1481718210-15673-1-git-send-email-davids@openvpn.net> URL: http://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=1481718210-15673-1-git-send-email-davids@openvpn.net --- diff --git a/Changes.rst b/Changes.rst index a5002dd43..7da111926 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 27bdcc3a1..4f086eab2 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"] )