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| author |   brian <brian@openbsd.org> | 1999-06-11 11:27:23 +0000 |
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| committer | brian <brian@openbsd.org> | 1999-06-11 11:27:23 +0000 |
| commit | d29efa8396d2563857463b9d0fe52fd413dfedce (patch) | |
| tree | a409e585de70ade9b921844f317d48c655e67b26 | |
| parent | Add Q900 compatible mode serial address. (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-openbsd-d29efa8396d2563857463b9d0fe52fd413dfedce.tar.xz wireguard-openbsd-d29efa8396d2563857463b9d0fe52fd413dfedce.zip | |
Describe why a ``magic'' enddisc is not always a good idea.
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/ppp/ppp/ppp.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp/ppp.8 b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp/ppp.8 index 0c177cf7c4a..b667d108982 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp/ppp.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/ppp/ppp.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.50 1999/06/10 00:17:26 brian Exp $ +.\" $Id: ppp.8,v 1.51 1999/06/11 11:27:23 brian Exp $ .Dd 20 September 1995 .nr XX \w'\fC00' .Os @@ -3799,7 +3799,16 @@ is usually done prior to any .Dq set ifaddr commands. .It Li magic -A 20 digit random number is used. +A 20 digit random number is used. Care should be taken when using magic +numbers as restarting +.Nm +or creating a link using a different +.Nm +invocation will also use a different magic number and will therefore not +be recognised by the peer as belonging to the same bundle. This makes it +unsuitable for +.Fl direct +connections. .It Li psn Ar value The given .Ar value |