[Privoxy-commits] [privoxy] 13/19: user-manual: Update limit-connect description

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commit 11ab91e712e7dd4e39891a53f7761421cc958817
Author: Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 16 06:24:01 2026 +0100

    user-manual: Update limit-connect description
    
    If the https-inspection action is enabled, Privoxy does filter
    the transferred content even if the CONNECT action is being used.
---
 doc/source/user-manual.sgml | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
index 5e69c074..52b5e9f8 100644
--- a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
@@ -5537,7 +5537,7 @@ www.example.com</screen>
  <varlistentry>
   <term>Typical use:</term>
   <listitem>
-   <para>Prevent abuse of <application>Privoxy</application> as a TCP proxy relay or disable SSL for untrusted sites</para>
+   <para>Prevent abuse of <application>Privoxy</application> as a TCP proxy relay</para>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
 
@@ -5585,9 +5585,13 @@ www.example.com</screen>
     This means CONNECT-enabled proxies can be used as TCP relays very easily.
   </para>
   <para>
-   <application>Privoxy</application> relays HTTPS traffic without seeing
-   the decoded content. Websites can leverage this limitation to circumvent &my-app;'s
-   filters. By specifying an invalid port range you can disable HTTPS entirely.
+   If the CONNECT method is being used and the
+   <link linkend="https-inspection">https-inspection</link> action
+   is not enabled, &my-app; relays HTTPS or other traffic without
+   seeing the decoded content.
+   Websites can leverage this limitation to circumvent &my-app;'s filters.
+   By specifying an invalid port range you can disallow the CONNECT method
+   and prevent this.
   </para>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>

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