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Clarified --explicit-exit-notify man page entry

Reformulated parts of this entry to clarify that the OpenVPN
will not attempt notifying the server unless this option is used.

This misunderstanding was reported anonymously to the old SF.net
tracker.

Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <dazo@users.sourceforge.net>
Trac-ticket: 40

David Sommerseth authored on 2010/11/13 07:10:32
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 option will tell the server to immediately close its client instance object
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 rather than waiting for a timeout.  The
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-parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of retries that the client
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-will attempt to resend the exit notification message.
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+parameter (default=1) controls the maximum number of attempts that the client
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+will try to resend the exit notification message.  OpenVPN will not send any exit
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+notifications unless this option is enabled.
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 .SS Data Channel Encryption Options:
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 These options are meaningful for both Static & TLS-negotiated key modes