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@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 Smokescreen is a HTTP CONNECT proxy. It proxies most traffic from Stripe to the
 external world (e.g., webhooks).
 
-Smokescreen restricts which URLs it connects to: it resolves each domain name
-that is requested and ensures that it is a publicly routable IP and not a
-Stripe-internal IP. This prevents a class of attacks where, for instance, our
-own webhooks infrastructure is used to scan Stripe's internal network.
+Smokescreen restricts which URLs it connects to:
+- It uses a pre-configured hostname ACL to only allow requests addressed to certain allow-listed hostnames, 
+to ensure that no malicious code is attempting to make requests to unexpected services.
+- It also resolves each domain name that is requested, and ensures that it is a publicly routable 
+IP address and not an internal IP address. This prevents a class of attacks where, for instance, 
+our own webhooks infrastructure is used to scan Stripe’s internal network. Smokescreen 
+can also be further configured to allow or deny specific IP addresses or ranges.
 
 Smokescreen also allows us to centralize egress from Stripe, allowing us to give
 financial partners stable egress IP addresses and abstracting away the details
@@ -117,10 +120,13 @@ func main() {
 	smokescreen.StartWithConfig(conf, nil)
 }
 ```
+### IP Filtering
 
-### ACLs
+To control the routing of requests to specific IP addresses or IP blocks, use the `deny-address`, `allow-address`, `deny-range`, and `allow-range` options in the config. 
 
-An ACL can be described in a YAML formatted file. The ACL, at its top-level, contains a list of services as well as a default behavior.
+### Hostname ACLs
+
+A hostname ACL can be described in a YAML formatted file. The ACL, at its top-level, contains a list of services as well as a default behavior.
 
 Three policies are supported:
 
@@ -130,6 +136,8 @@ Three policies are supported:
 | Report  | Allows all traffic for this service and warns if client accesses a remote host which is not in the list        |
 | Enforce | Only allows traffic to remote hosts provided in the list. Will warn and deny if remote host is not in the list |
 
+> :warning: **The ACL is only applied to hostnames *as they appear in the request*!** If you want to allow or deny traffic based on the destination IP address *after DNS resolution*, you should be using the config options instead (see the `IP Filtering` section above).
+
 A host can be specified with or without a globbing prefix. The host (without the globbing prefix) must be in Punycode to prevent ambiguity.
 
 | host                | valid   |
@@ -144,9 +152,9 @@ A host can be specified with or without a globbing prefix. The host (without the
 
 [Here](https://github.com/stripe/smokescreen/blob/master/pkg/smokescreen/acl/v1/testdata/sample_config.yaml) is a sample ACL.
 
-#### Global Allow/Deny Lists
+#### Global Hostname Allow/Deny Lists
 
-Optionally, you may specify a global allow list and a global deny list in your ACL config.
+Optionally, you may specify a global allow list and a global deny list for hostnames in your ACL config.
 
 These lists override the policy, but do not override the `allowed_domains` list for each role.
 
@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@ For example, specifying `example.com` in your global_allow_list will allow traff
 Similarly, specifying `malicious.com` in your global_deny_list will deny traffic for that domain on a role, even if that role is set to `report` or `open`.
 However, if the host specifies `malicious.com` in its `allowed_domains`, traffic to `malicious.com` will be allowed on that role, regardless of policy.
 
-> :warning: **The global_deny_list will only block specific *domains*, not entire *destinations*.** For example, if `malicious.com` is in the global_deny_list but the IP address that it resolves to is not, roles with an `open` policy will still be able to access the destination by using its IP address directly. For this reason, **we recommend using allowlists instead of denylists, whenever it is possible to do so.**
+> :warning: **The global_deny_list will only block specific *hostnames*, not entire *destinations*.** For example, if `malicious.com` is in the global_deny_list but the IP address that it resolves to is not, roles with an `open` policy will still be able to access the destination by using its IP address directly. For this reason, **we recommend using allowlists instead of denylists** whenever it is possible to do so, and **blocking IP addresses via config options, not the ACL** (see the `IP Filtering` section above).
 
 If a domain matches both the `global_allow_list` and the `global_deny_list`, the `global_deny_list` behavior takes priority.