[flashproxy/master] Explain the trick in flashproxy-reg-appspot man page.

commit 2d28390fb7f858d080eff6b8c5a5acf3dddfe0f7 Author: David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> Date: Sun May 19 01:20:40 2013 -0700 Explain the trick in flashproxy-reg-appspot man page. --- doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1 | 6 +++++- doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1.txt | 10 +++++++++- doc/flashproxy-reg-email.1 | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1 b/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1 index 2f6bfda..63c6b02 100644 --- a/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1 +++ b/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1 @@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ flashproxy-reg-appspot \- Register with a facilitator through Google App Engine\ \fBflashproxy\-reg\-appspot\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] [\fIREMOTE\fR][:\fIPORT\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .sp -Register with a flash proxy facilitator through a Google App Engine app\&. By default the remote address registered is ":9000" (the external IP address is guessed)\&. +Register with a flash proxy facilitator through a Google App Engine app\&. By default the remote address registered is ":9000" (the external IP address is guessed)\&. It requires https://www\&.google\&.com/ not to be blocked\&. +.sp +This program uses a trick to talk to App Engine, even though appspot\&.com may be blocked\&. The IP address and Server Name Indication of the request are for www\&.google\&.com, but the Host header inside the request is for an appspot\&.com subdomain\&. +.sp +Requires the \fBflashproxy\-reg\-url\fR program\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP \fB\-\-facilitator\-pubkey\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR diff --git a/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1.txt b/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1.txt index de9f020..6370be0 100644 --- a/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1.txt +++ b/doc/flashproxy-reg-appspot.1.txt @@ -18,7 +18,15 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- Register with a flash proxy facilitator through a Google App Engine app. By default the remote address registered is ":9000" (the -external IP address is guessed). +external IP address is guessed). It requires https://www.google.com/ not +to be blocked. + +This program uses a trick to talk to App Engine, even though appspot.com +may be blocked. The IP address and Server Name Indication of the request +are for www.google.com, but the Host header inside the request is for an +appspot.com subdomain. + +Requires the **flashproxy-reg-url** program. OPTIONS ------- diff --git a/doc/flashproxy-reg-email.1 b/doc/flashproxy-reg-email.1 index 79cc296..13ec7f2 100644 --- a/doc/flashproxy-reg-email.1 +++ b/doc/flashproxy-reg-email.1 @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ .\" Title: flashproxy-reg-email .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/> -.\" Date: 04/30/2013 +.\" Date: 05/19/2013 .\" Manual: \ \& .\" Source: \ \& .\" Language: English .\" -.TH "FLASHPROXY\-REG\-EMAIL" "1" "04/30/2013" "\ \&" "\ \&" +.TH "FLASHPROXY\-REG\-EMAIL" "1" "05/19/2013" "\ \&" "\ \&" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
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