Document intended use of SSLsplit

droe · May 11, 2012 · 7ad1deb · 7ad1deb
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@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ SSLsplit is a tool for man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL/TLS encrypted
 network connections.  Connections are transparently intercepted through a
 network address translation engine and redirected to SSLsplit.  SSLsplit
 terminates SSL/TLS and initiates a new SSL/TLS connection to the original
-destination address, while logging all data transmitted.
+destination address, while logging all data transmitted.  SSLsplit is intended
+to be useful for network forensics and penetration testing.
 
 SSLsplit supports plain TCP, plain SSL, HTTP and HTTPS connections over both
 IPv4 and IPv6.  For SSL and HTTPS connections, SSLsplit generates and signs

diff --git a/sslsplit.1 b/sslsplit.1
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ SSLsplit is a tool for man-in-the-middle attacks against SSL/TLS encrypted
 network connections.  Connections are transparently intercepted through a
 network address translation engine and redirected to SSLsplit.  SSLsplit
 terminates SSL/TLS and initiates a new SSL/TLS connection to the original
-destination address, while logging all data transmitted.
+destination address, while logging all data transmitted.  SSLsplit is intended
+to be useful for network forensics and penetration testing.
 .LP
 SSLsplit supports plain TCP, plain SSL, HTTP and HTTPS connections over both
 IPv4 and IPv6.  For SSL and HTTPS connections, SSLsplit generates and signs