Merge branch 'mdw/backoff'

[tripe] / svc / conntrack.8.in

diff --git a/svc/conntrack.8.in b/svc/conntrack.8.in
index 3e4fc72521c35b05a33d557bfa289d0d294a68e2..3d1a54a4ed65f2df3647c34e2fa346f58d4bbceb 100644 (file)
--- a/svc/conntrack.8.in
+++ b/svc/conntrack.8.in
@@ -101,6 +101,14 @@ connecting the new one.  If no match is found in a particular group,
 then no peers in the group are connected.  Strange and unhelpful things
 will happen if you put the same peer in several different groups.
 .PP
 then no peers in the group are connected.  Strange and unhelpful things
 will happen if you put the same peer in several different groups.
 .PP

+The tags
+.B down
+and
+.BI down/ anything
+are special and mean that no peer from the group should be active.  This
+is useful for detecting a `home' network, where a VPN is unnecessary
+(or, worse, break routing completely).
+.PP

 The notion of `current IP address' is somewhat vague.  The
 .B conntrack
 service calculates it as the source address that the host would put on
 The notion of `current IP address' is somewhat vague.  The
 .B conntrack
 service calculates it as the source address that the host would put on