On 14-12-16 13:23, David Sommerseth wrote:
> Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth <dav...@openvpn.net>
> ---
>  Changes.rst  | 9 +++++----
>  configure.ac | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Changes.rst b/Changes.rst
> index a5002dd..7da1119 100644
> --- a/Changes.rst
> +++ b/Changes.rst
> @@ -148,10 +148,11 @@ Control channel encryption (``--tls-crypt``)
>      post-quantum security.
>  
>  Asynchronous push reply
> -    If asynchronous authentication is enabled and completed after server 
> received
> -    PUSH_REQUEST message, server sends PUSH_REPLY immediately without 
> waiting for next
> -    PUSH_REQUEST. Requires use of ``--enable-async-push`` as ./configure 
> parameter at
> -    build time.
> +    Plug-ins providing support for deferred authentication can benefit from 
> a more
> +    responsive authentication where the server sends PUSH_REPLY immediately 
> once
> +    the authentication result is ready instead of waiting for the the client 
> to
> +    to send PUSH_REQUEST once more.  This requires OpenVPN to be built with
> +    ``./configure --enable-async-push``.  This is a compile-time only switch.
>  
>  
>  Deprecated features
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 27bdcc3..4f086ea 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(
>  
>  AC_ARG_ENABLE(
>       [async-push],
> -     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-async-push], [enable async-push support 
> @<:@default=no@:>@])],
> +     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-async-push], [enable async-push support for 
> plugins providing deferred authentication @<:@default=no@:>@])],
>       ,
>       [enable_async_push="no"]
>  )
> 

ACK.

Related question:  looks both useful and harmless.  Should we enable
this by default in 2.5?

-Steffan

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