.section "Format of one host item" "SECTformatonehostitem"
-Each item in the list of hosts is either a host name or an IP address,
-optionally with an attached port number. When no port is given, an IP address
+Each item in the list of hosts can be either a host name or an IP address,
+optionally with an attached port number, or it can be a single "+"
+(see &%hosts_randomize%&).
+When no port is given, an IP address
is not enclosed in brackets. When a port is specified, it overrides the port
specification on the transport. The port is separated from the name or address
by a colon. This leads to some complications:
/* If continue_hostname is not null, we get here only when continuing to
deliver down an existing channel. The channel was passed as the standard
-input. TLS is never active on a passed channel; the previous process always
-closes it down before passing the connection on.
+input. TLS is never active on a passed channel; the previous process either
+closes it down before passing the connection on, or inserts a TLS-proxy
+process and passes on a cleartext conection.
Otherwise, we have to make a connection to the remote host, and do the
initial protocol exchange.