clarify usage of shutdown signals

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@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ H3 {
     <LI><A HREF="#Filtering">Filtering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Clustering">Clustering</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Routing">Routing</A></LI>
+    <LI><A HREF="#AvoidingFragmentation">Avoiding Fragmentation</A></LI>
     <LI><A HREF="#Performance">Performance</A></LI>
 </OL>
 
@@ -223,6 +224,17 @@ This secret will be used in all RADIUS queries.  If this is not set then
 RADIUS queries will fail.
 </LI>
 
+<LI><B>radius_authtypes</B> (string)</BR>
+A comma separated list of supported RADIUS authentication methods
+(<B>pap</B> or <B>chap</B>), in order of preference (default <B>pap</B>).
+</LI>
+
+<LI><B>allow_duplicate_users</B> (boolean)</BR>
+Allow multiple logins with the same username.  If false (the default),
+any prior session with the same username will be dropped when a new
+session is established.
+</LI>
+
 <LI><B>bind_address</B> (ip address)<BR>
 When the tun interface is created, it is assigned the address
 specified here.  If no address is given, 1.1.1.1 is used.  Packets
@@ -274,10 +286,6 @@ second.  Even if this is disabled, you can see this information by running
 the <EM>uptime</EM> command on the CLI.
 </LI>
 
-<LI><B>cleanup_interval</B> (int)<BR>
-Interval between regular cleanups (in seconds).
-</LI>
-
 <LI><B>multi_read_count</B> (int)<BR>
 Number of packets to read off each of the UDP and TUN fds when
 returned as readable by select (default:  10).  Avoids incurring the
@@ -688,12 +696,14 @@ killall -HUP l2tpns
 </PRE>
 
 The signals understood are:
-<UL>
-<LI>SIGHUP - Reload the config from disk and re-open log file</LI>
-<LI>SIGTERM / SIGINT - Shut down.</LI>
-<LI>SIGQUIT - Shut down cleanly.  This will send a disconnect message for
-every active session and tunnel before shutting down.</LI>
-</UL>
+<DL>
+<DT>SIGHUP</DT><DD>Reload the config from disk and re-open log file.</DD>
+<DT>SIGTERM, SIGINT</DT><DD>Stop process.  Tunnels and sessions are not
+terminated.  This signal should be used to stop l2tpns on a
+<A HREF="#Clustering">cluster node</A> where there are other machines to
+continue handling traffic.</DD>
+<DT>SIGQUIT</DT><DD>Shut down: closes sessions and tunnels.</DD>
+</DL>
 
 <H2 ID="Throttling">Throttling</H2>
 
@@ -1023,6 +1033,22 @@ ibgp" for IBGP.  If this is not supported by your IOS revision, you
 can use "maximum-paths" (which works for EBGP) and set
 <B>as_number</B> to a private value such as 64512.<P>
 
+<H2 ID="AvoidingFragmentation">Avoiding Fragmentation</H2>
+
+Fragmentation of encapsulated return packets to the LAC may be avoided
+for TCP sessions by adding a firewall rule to clamps the MSS on
+outgoing SYN packets.
+
+The following is appropriate for interfaces with a typical MTU of
+1500:
+
+<pre>
+iptables -A FORWARD -i tun+ -o eth0    \
+    -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN     \
+    -m tcpmss --mss 1413:1600          \
+    -j TCPMSS --set-mss 1412
+</pre>
+
 <H2 ID="Performance">Performance</H2>
 
 Performance is great.<P>