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diff --git a/doc/s6-tlsc-io.html b/doc/s6-tlsc-io.html index 4466293..b4bb154 100644 --- a/doc/s6-tlsc-io.html +++ b/doc/s6-tlsc-io.html @@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ the options given when configuring s6-networking. </pre> <ul> - <li> s6-tlsc-io expects to have an open connection it -can talk to on its standard input and output. It also expects to read -cleartext data from file descriptor <em>fdr</em> and write cleartext -data to file descriptor <em>fdw</em>. </li> + <li> s6-tlsc-io expects to read cleartext data to stdin, and write +cleartext data to stdout. It also expects descriptors <em>fdr</em> and +<em>fdw</em> to be open (typically connected to the network), to +respectively read ciphertext from and write ciphertext to. </li> <li> It initiates a TLS handshake over the network connection, expecting a TLS server on the other side. </li> - <li> Then it acts as a full duplex tunnel, decrypting and transmitting -data from stdin to <em>fdw</em>, and encrypting and transmitting data + <li> Then it acts as a full duplex tunnel, encrypting and transmitting +data from stdin to <em>fdw</em>, and decrypting and transmitting data from <em>fdr</em> to stdout. </li> <li> When it cannot transmit any more data from/to the local application because connections have closed, <tt>s6-tlsc-io</tt> exits. </li> |