Harden plaintext authenticator

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

diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -2766,6 +2766,8 @@ used to specify a path on the command line if a pid file is required.
 The SIGHUP signal
 .cindex "SIGHUP"
 .cindex "daemon" "restarting"
+.cindex signal "to reload configuration"
+.cindex daemon "reload configuration"
 can be used to cause the daemon to re-execute itself. This should be done
 whenever Exim's configuration file, or any file that is incorporated into it by
 means of the &%.include%& facility, is changed, and also whenever a new version
@@ -6744,7 +6746,8 @@ the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section
 
 .new
 &*Warning 3*&: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the
-IPv4.  Such addresses being searched for are converted to IPv4.
+IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to this
+notation before executing the lookup.)
 .wen
 .next
 .new
@@ -8683,8 +8686,12 @@ to quote keys was made available in &(lsearch)& files. However, the more
 recently implemented &(iplsearch)& files do require colons in IPv6 keys
 (notated using the quoting facility) so as to distinguish them from IPv4 keys.
 For this reason, when the lookup type is &(iplsearch)&, IPv6 addresses are
-converted using colons and not dots. In all cases, full, unabbreviated IPv6
+converted using colons and not dots.
+.new
+In all cases except IPv4-mapped IPv6, full, unabbreviated IPv6
 addresses are always used.
+The latter are converted to IPv4 addresses, in dotted-quad form.
+.wen
 
 Ideally, it would be nice to tidy up this anomalous situation by changing to
 colons in all cases, given that quoting is now available for &(lsearch)&.
@@ -30837,7 +30844,7 @@ For SMTP input that does not come over TCP/IP (the &%-bs%& command line
 option), this condition is always true.
 
 
-.vitem &*verify&~=&~not_blind*&
+.vitem &*verify&~=&~not_blind/*&<&'options'&>
 .cindex "verifying" "not blind"
 .cindex "bcc recipients, verifying none"
 This condition checks that there are no blind (bcc) recipients in the message.
@@ -30847,6 +30854,11 @@ case-sensitively; domains are checked case-insensitively. If &'Resent-To:'& or
 &'Resent-Cc:'& header lines exist, they are also checked. This condition can be
 used only in a DATA or non-SMTP ACL.
 
+.new
+There is one possible option, &`case_insensitive`&.  If this is present then
+local parts are checked case-insensitively.
+.wen
+
 There are, of course, many legitimate messages that make use of blind (bcc)
 recipients. This check should not be used on its own for blocking messages.