try and keep in line with language used in other manual pages.

while i'm here, try and unbundle some of the configuration and
concepts. etherip interfaces can work fine as point to point ethernet
tunnels, they do not need to be configured as part of bridge(4) to
work. ipsec can be configured to protect etherip traffic independently
of whether it's part of a bridge too.

diff --git a/share/man/man4/etherip.4 b/share/man/man4/etherip.4
index 463304e..7b2824c 100644 (file)
--- a/share/man/man4/etherip.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/etherip.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: etherip.4,v 1.7 2024/08/30 07:25:55 dlg Exp $
+.\"    $OpenBSD: etherip.4,v 1.8 2024/08/30 08:37:59 dlg Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2015 YASUOKA Masahiko <yasuoka@openbsd.org>
 .\"
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-interface is a pseudo-device for tunnelling Ethernet frames across
-IPv4 and IPv6 networks using RFC 3378 EtherIP encapsulation.
+driver provides point-to-point tunnel interfaces for carrying
+Ethernet frames across IPv4 and IPv6 networks using RFC 3378 EtherIP
+encapsulation.
 .Pp
 An
 .Nm
@@ -45,11 +46,6 @@ This can be done using
 command (which uses the
 .Dv SIOCSLIFPHYADDR
 ioctl).
-.Pp
-The
-.Nm
-interface must be made a member of a
-.Xr bridge 4 .
 The
 .Xr sysctl 2
 variable
@@ -57,22 +53,31 @@ variable
 must be set to 1, unless
 .Xr ipsec 4
 is being used to protect the traffic.
-Ethernet frames are then encapsulated and sent across the network
-to another
-.Xr bridge 4 ,
-which decapsulates the datagram and processes the resulting Ethernet
-frame as if it had originated on a normal Ethernet interface.
-This effectively allows a layer 2 network to be extended from one point to
-another, possibly through the Internet.
-This mechanism may be used in
-conjunction with IPsec by specifying the appropriate IPsec flows
-between the two bridges.
-To only protect the bridge traffic between
-the two bridges, the transport protocol 97 (etherip) selector may be
-used in
-.Xr ipsec.conf 5 .
-Otherwise, the Ethernet frames will be sent in the clear between the
-two bridges.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+interfaces can configured as part of an Ethernet bridges such as
+.Xr veb 4 ,
+.Xr tpmr 4 ,
+and
+.Xr bridge 4
+to extend the connectivity of Ethernet networks across IP networks,
+possibly across the Internet.
+.Pp
+The EtherIP protocol does not provide any integrated security
+features.
+EtherIP should only be deployed on trusted private networks, or
+protected with IPsec to add authentication and encryption for
+confidentiality.
+IPsec is especially recommended when transporting EtherIP over the
+public Internet.
+EtherIP encapsulated packets may be protected with IPsec by specifying
+the appropriate IPsec flows between the two endpoints.
+To only protect the encapsulated EtherIP traffic between the tunnel
+enpoints the IP transport protocol 97 (etherip) selector may be used
+in
+.Xr ipsec.conf 5
+or
+.Xr iked.conf 5 .
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Given two physically separate Ethernet networks, a bridge can
 be used as follows to make them appear as the same local area network.
@@ -166,6 +171,8 @@ operator.
 .Xr inet6 4 ,
 .Xr ipsec 4 ,
 .Xr hostname.if 5 ,
+.Xr iked.conf 5 ,
+.Xr ipsec.conf 5 ,
 .Xr ifconfig 8 ,
 .Xr netstart 8
 .Sh STANDARDS