TLS: when tls_certificates unset, generate a selfsigned cert

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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index db5a245533af1b1be9c1538fca8b620a00e271be..ba32403d6f85864b1de191f45376bd1db6f603c0 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -3049,7 +3049,8 @@ trusted user for the sender of a message to be set in this way.
 .oindex "&%-bmalware%&"
 .cindex "testing", "malware"
 .cindex "malware scan test"
-This debugging option causes Exim to scan the given file,
+This debugging option causes Exim to scan the given file or directory
+(depending on the used scanner interface),
 using the malware scanning framework.  The option of &%av_scanner%& influences
 this option, so if &%av_scanner%&'s value is dependent upon an expansion then
 the expansion should have defaults which apply to this invocation.  ACLs are
@@ -6147,7 +6148,8 @@ errors:
 This causes any temporarily failing address to be retried every 15 minutes for
 2 hours, then at intervals starting at one hour and increasing by a factor of
 1.5 until 16 hours have passed, then every 6 hours up to 4 days. If an address
-is not delivered after 4 days of temporary failure, it is bounced.
+is not delivered after 4 days of temporary failure, it is bounced. The time is
+measured from first failure, not from the time the message was received.
 
 If the retry section is removed from the configuration, or is empty (that is,
 if no retry rules are defined), Exim will not retry deliveries. This turns
@@ -6609,7 +6611,7 @@ lookup types support only literal keys.
 .endlist ilist
 
 
-.section "Query-style lookup types" "SECID62"
+.section "Query-style lookup types" "SECTquerystylelookups"
 .cindex "lookup" "query-style types"
 .cindex "query-style lookup" "list of types"
 The supported query-style lookup types are listed below. Further details about
@@ -12146,6 +12148,7 @@ a single-component name, Exim calls &[gethostbyname()]& (or
 qualified host name. See also &$smtp_active_hostname$&.
 
 
+.new
 .vitem &$proxy_external_address$& &&&
        &$proxy_external_port$& &&&
        &$proxy_local_address$& &&&
@@ -12154,6 +12157,7 @@ qualified host name. See also &$smtp_active_hostname$&.
 These variables are only available when built with Proxy Protocol
 or Socks5 support
 For details see chapter &<<SECTproxyInbound>>&.
+.wen
 
 .vitem &$prdr_requested$&
 .cindex "PRDR" "variable for"
@@ -16839,8 +16843,8 @@ of the STARTTLS command to set up an encrypted session is advertised in
 response to EHLO only to those client hosts that match this option. See
 chapter &<<CHAPTLS>>& for details of Exim's support for TLS.
 Note that the default value requires that a certificate be supplied
-using the &%tls_certificate%& option.  If no certificate is available then
-the &%tls_advertise_hosts%& option should be set empty.
+using the &%tls_certificate%& option.  If TLS support for incoming connections
+is not required the &%tls_advertise_hosts%& option should be set empty.
 
 
 .option tls_certificate main string&!! unset
@@ -16861,6 +16865,11 @@ if the OpenSSL build supports TLS extensions and the TLS client sends the
 Server Name Indication extension, then this option and others documented in
 &<<SECTtlssni>>& will be re-expanded.
 
+.new
+If this option is unset or empty a fresh self-signed certificate will be
+generated for every connection.
+.wen
+
 .option tls_crl main string&!! unset
 .cindex "TLS" "server certificate revocation list"
 .cindex "certificate" "revocation list for server"
@@ -26954,10 +26963,17 @@ with the error
 If a STARTTLS command is issued within an existing TLS session, it is
 rejected with a 554 error code.
 
-To enable TLS operations on a server, you must set &%tls_advertise_hosts%& to
-match some hosts. You can, of course, set it to * to match all hosts.
-However, this is not all you need to do. TLS sessions to a server won't work
-without some further configuration at the server end.
+To enable TLS operations on a server, the &%tls_advertise_hosts%& option
+must be set to match some hosts. The default is * which matches all hosts.
+
+.new
+If this is all you do, TLS encryption will be enabled but not authentication -
+meaning that the peer has no assurance it is actually you he is talking to.
+You gain protection from a passive sniffer listening on the wire but not
+from someone able to intercept the communication.
+.wen
+
+Further protection requires some further configuration at the server end.
 
 It is rumoured that all existing clients that support TLS/SSL use RSA
 encryption. To make this work you need to set, in the server,
@@ -38211,6 +38227,7 @@ Use of a proxy is enabled by setting the &%hosts_proxy%&
 main configuration option to a hostlist; connections from these
 hosts will use Proxy Protocol.
 
+.new
 The following expansion variables are usable
 (&"internal"& and &"external"& here refer to the interfaces
 of the proxy):
@@ -38223,6 +38240,7 @@ of the proxy):
 .endd
 If &$proxy_session$& is set but &$proxy_external_address$& is empty
 there was a protocol error.
+.wen
 
 Since the real connections are all coming from the proxy, and the
 per host connection tracking is done before Proxy Protocol is