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authorValdikSS2016-01-16 17:05:26 +0300
committerGert Doering2016-01-16 21:23:57 +0100
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Clarify --block-outside-dns documentation
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> Message-Id: <1452953126-6283-1-git-send-email-iam@valdikss.org.ru> URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/11001 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> (cherry picked from commit cc4761fcafdeceea1a4b004f91c9fb47ef8b19c1)
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@@ -5455,6 +5455,16 @@ 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