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authorArne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>2013-05-03 10:20:54 +0200
committerArne Schwabe <arne@rfc2549.org>2013-05-03 10:20:54 +0200
commit240d3a0cbdc46e4ed08d1015a2d4f1ca52bbdd55 (patch)
tree638fc6d01acc724a90a25eb3e069eef826919ee7 /openvpn/doc/openvpn.8
parent0106121c24783a83ec4c816e660abed212c92fd9 (diff)
Add snappy library. In preparation for upcoming snappy support of OpenVPN
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@@ -2351,12 +2351,32 @@ consecutive messages in the same category. This is useful to
limit repetitive logging of similar message types.
.\"*********************************************************
.TP
+.B \-\-compress [algorithm]
+Enable a compression algorithm.
+
+The
+.B algorithm
+parameter may be "snappy", "lzo", or empty. Snappy and LZO
+are different compression algorithms, with Snappy generally
+offering the best performance.
+
+If the
+.B algorithm
+parameter is empty, compression will be turned off, but the packet
+framing for compression will still be enabled, allowing a different
+setting to be pushed later.
+.\"*********************************************************
+.TP
.B \-\-comp-lzo [mode]
-Use fast LZO compression \-\- may add up to 1 byte per
+Use LZO compression \-\- may add up to 1 byte per
packet for incompressible data.
.B mode
may be "yes", "no", or "adaptive" (default).
+This option is deprecated in favor of the newer
+.B --compress
+option.
+
In a server mode setup, it is possible to selectively turn
compression on or off for individual clients.