Correct tls-crypt-v2 metadata length in man page

The manual page claims that the client metadata can be up to 735 bytes (encoded as upt to 980 characters base64), but the actual maximum length is 733 bytes which is also encoded as 980 characters in base64. Signed-off-by: Max Fillinger <[email protected]> Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <[email protected]> Message-Id: <[email protected]> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg25546.html Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <[email protected]>
OpenVPN · Dec 12, 2022 · 0bd2fa3 · 0bd2fa3
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diff --git a/doc/man-sections/encryption-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/encryption-options.rst
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ Generating key material
 
     If supplied, include the supplied ``metadata`` in the wrapped client
     key. This metadata must be supplied in base64-encoded form. The
-    metadata must be at most 735 bytes long (980 bytes in base64).
+    metadata must be at most 733 bytes long (980 characters in base64, though
+    note that 980 base64 characters can encode more than 733 bytes).
 
     If no metadata is supplied, OpenVPN will use a 64-bit unix timestamp
     representing the current time in UTC, encoded in network order, as