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| author |   reyk <reyk@openbsd.org> | 2007-12-08 19:10:33 +0000 |
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| committer | reyk <reyk@openbsd.org> | 2007-12-08 19:10:33 +0000 |
| commit | bdf8e8a1ae1a00ece657a5de1fcf4a9f511f1560 (patch) | |
| tree | c26a2e2d1c6c38af8b5bcc518b7e5484c43b43d6 | |
| parent | tweak (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-bdf8e8a1ae1a00ece657a5de1fcf4a9f511f1560.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-bdf8e8a1ae1a00ece657a5de1fcf4a9f511f1560.zip | |
the manpages need some more work
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/relayd/relayd.8 | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/relayd/relayd.8 b/usr.sbin/relayd/relayd.8 index ca642498bbe..e4c268ac023 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/relayd/relayd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/relayd/relayd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: relayd.8,v 1.14 2007/12/08 18:58:34 reyk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: relayd.8,v 1.15 2007/12/08 19:10:33 reyk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Pierre-Yves Ritschard <pyr@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -29,12 +29,15 @@ .Op Fl f Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a relaying daemon for server load-balancing. -It monitors groups of hosts for availability, -which is determined by checking for a specific service -common to a host group. -When availability is confirmed, Layer 3 and/or Layer 7 -load-balancing services are set up by +is a daemon to relay and dynamically redirect incoming connections to +a target host. +Its main purposes are to run as a load-balancer, application layer +gateway, or transparent proxy. +The daemon is able to monitor groups of hosts for availability, which +is determined by checking for a specific service common to a host +group. +When availability is confirmed, +Layer 3 and/or Layer 7 forwarding services are set up by .Nm . .Pp Layer 3 redirection happens at the packet level; to configure @@ -56,6 +59,8 @@ Layer 7 relaying happens at the application level and is handled by .Nm itself. +Various application level filtering and protocol-specific +load-balancing options are available for relays. .Pp .Nm works in terms of the following |