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DOC: configuration: reword 'generate-certificates'
Reword the 'generate-certificates' keyword documentation to clarify what's happening upon error. This was discussed in ticket #3082.
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name mismatch on the certificate presented to the client. With this option
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enabled, HAProxy will try to forge a certificate using the SNI hostname
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indicated by the client. This is done only if no certificate matches the SNI
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hostname (see 'crt-list'). If an error occurs, the default certificate is
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used, else the 'strict-sni' option is set.
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hostname (see 'crt-list').
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In the event of a certificate generation error, the connection will fall back
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on the default certificate. When using 'strict-sni', the default certificate
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will not be used and the connection will result in a handshake failure.
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It can also be used when HAProxy is configured as a reverse proxy to ease the
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deployment of an architecture with many backends.
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