Documentation for $tls_bits and SASL changes

[exim.git] / doc / doc-docbook / spec.xfpt

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@@ -9871,7 +9871,10 @@ zero.
 This condition turns a string holding a true or false representation into
 a boolean state.  It parses &"true"&, &"false"&, &"yes"& and &"no"&
 (case-insensitively); also positive integer numbers map to true if non-zero,
-false if zero.  Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored.
+false if zero.
+An empty string is treated as false.
+Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored;
+thus a string consisting only of whitespace is false.
 All other string values will result in expansion failure.
 
 When combined with ACL variables, this expansion condition will let you
@@ -11781,6 +11784,16 @@ command in a filter file. Its use is explained in the description of that
 command, which can be found in the separate document entitled &'Exim's
 interfaces to mail filtering'&.
 
+.new
+.vitem &$tls_bits$&
+.vindex "&$tls_bits$&"
+Contains an approximation of the TLS cipher's bit-strength; the meaning of
+this depends upon the TLS implementation used.
+If TLS has not been negotiated, the value will be 0.
+The value of this is automatically fed into the Cyrus SASL authenticator
+when acting as a server, to specify the "external SSF" (a SASL term).
+.wen
+
 .vitem &$tls_certificate_verified$&
 .vindex "&$tls_certificate_verified$&"
 This variable is set to &"1"& if a TLS certificate was verified when the
@@ -13073,7 +13086,7 @@ section &<<SECTcallvercache>>& for details of the caching.
 This option defines the &"random"& local part that can be used as part of
 callout verification. The default value is
 .code
-$primary_host_name-$tod_epoch-testing
+$primary_hostname-$tod_epoch-testing
 .endd
 See section &<<CALLaddparcall>>& for details of how this value is used.
 
@@ -27776,7 +27789,7 @@ check for a &"random"& local part at the same domain. The local part is not
 really random &-- it is defined by the expansion of the option
 &%callout_random_local_part%&, which defaults to
 .code
-$primary_host_name-$tod_epoch-testing
+$primary_hostname-$tod_epoch-testing
 .endd
 The idea here is to try to determine whether the remote host accepts all local
 parts without checking. If it does, there is no point in doing callouts for