Added --allow-pull-fqdn option which allows client to pull DNS names

from server (rather than only IP address) for --ifconfig, --route, and
--route-gateway.  OpenVPN versions 2.1_rc7 and earlier allowed DNS names
for these options to be pulled and translated to IP addresses by default.
Now --allow-pull-fqdn will be explicitly required on the client to enable
DNS-name-to-IP-address translation of pulled options.


git-svn-id: http://svn.openvpn.net/projects/openvpn/branches/BETA21/openvpn@3307 e7ae566f-a301-0410-adde-c780ea21d3b5

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8
index c9920c6..7dc1ed1 100644
--- a/openvpn.8
+++ b/openvpn.8
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ openvpn \- secure IP tunnel daemon.
 .ti -4
 .B openvpn
 [\ \fB\-\-allow\-nonadmin\fR\ \fI[TAP\-adapter]\fR\ ]
+[\ \fB\-\-allow\-pull\-fqdn\fR\ ]
 [\ \fB\-\-askpass\fR\ \fI[file]\fR\ ]
 [\ \fB\-\-auth\-nocache\fR\ ]
 [\ \fB\-\-auth\-retry\fR\ \fItype\fR\ ]
@@ -1300,6 +1301,15 @@ however note that this option still allows the server
 to set the TCP/IP properties of the client's TUN/TAP interface.
 .\"*********************************************************
 .TP
+.B --allow-pull-fqdn
+Allow client to pull DNS names from server (rather than being limited
+to IP address) for
+.B --ifconfig,
+.B --route,
+and
+.B --route-gateway.
+.\"*********************************************************
+.TP
 .B --redirect-gateway flags...
 (Experimental) Automatically execute routing commands to cause all outgoing IP traffic
 to be redirected over the VPN.