Updated README.md for release 1.0.2

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 ![Ruse Logo](docs/images/ruse_240x122.png "Ruse - Redirector")
 
-Ruse is an open source, multi-platform Redirector that make it easy to conceal
-C2 and shellcodes listeners using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
+Ruse is secure, multi-platform, selective Reverse Proxy (or Redirector) that is
+fast and easy to deploy. It can help you concealing C2 communications, and
+reverse shells traffic using the HTTP protocol.
 
-It combines the core features of Python's
+Ruse combines the core features of Python's
 [SimpleHTTPServer](https://docs.python.org/2/library/simplehttpserver.html),
 Apache's
 [mod_rewrite](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html),
-and SSL ProxyPass, all in a single tool.
+and SSL ProxyPass, all in a single, self-contained and highly-portable
+executable.
 
-Ruse supports both plain-text HTTP and HTTPS, in a fast and easy to configure
+It supports both plain-text HTTP and HTTPS, in a fast and easy to configure
 portable server executable. Ruse can be rapidly deployed from the command-line
-or inside a Docker container for even more security.
+or inside a Docker container for added security.
 
 ## Features
  * Runs under Linux, \*BSD, Mac OS X, and Windows (7, Server 2008R2 and later)
  * Supports Intel x86, AMD64, ARM, ARM64 and PPC64 (little-endian)
- * No external dependencies (only uses the Go standard library)
+ * No external dependencies (outside the Go standard library)
  * HTTP and HTTPS (SSL/TLS) support
  * Support IPv4 and IPv6 addressing
  * Selective Reverse Proxying based on:
    * User-Agent header field, matching:
      * Exact String(s)
      * Regular Expression(s)
-   * Client's network (CIDR format)
- * Support for VirtualHost
+   * Client's network (CIDR matching)
+ * Support for VirtualHosts
  * Serves static files (with optional directory listing)
  * HTTP Logging
 
@@ -38,12 +40,7 @@ Ruse helps you overcome multiple challenges, such as:
  * Quickly [proxy your Metasploit's reverse_http(s) payloads](docs/msf-reverse-https.md).
 
 If you're doing Red Team operations or you may simply want to hide your HTTP
-listeners during an engagement, Ruse may be of help.
-
-In fact, you may want incident response teams or your targets' operators not to
-directly contact your C2 or metasploit HTTP listener for various reasons, such
-as limiting your fingerprint or to fool them by serving or proxying traffic to
-a legimate web site.
+listeners during an engagement, Ruse may be for you!
 
 ## Building from source
 To build Ruse from source, simply enter `make`, it will build the `ruse`
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ Starting HTTP Server on localhost:8000
 By default Ruse ships with a [basic configuration file](conf/ruse.conf)
 which only allows plain-text HTTP connections from localhost on port tcp/8000.
 It's also configured to proxy traffic from metasploit's reverse HTTP payloads
-by matching their User-Agent header fields.
+by exact matching their User-Agent header fields.
 
 ## Building and running under Docker
 Ruse can also run under a Docker container, and thus in a matter of seconds.
@@ -90,15 +87,15 @@ If you do not want to build Ruse from source, you can directly download the bina
 ### Releases
 | Filename                                                                                                                | OS                         | Architecture  | Version | SHA256 Checksum                                                             |
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| [ruse-1.0.1-linux-debian-amd64.deb](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.1/ruse-1.0.1-linux-debian-amd64.deb) | Linux Debian (derivatives) | x86-64        | 1.0.1   | <sub>6f58bbe91ac9a35a63b0e7cbae5445951d4c22aebda1e85fd175d3b41bbf3929</sub> |
-| [ruse-1.0.1-win-amd64.zip](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.1/ruse-1.0.1-win-amd64.zip)                   | Windows (amd64)            | x86-64        | 1.0.1   | <sub>7a3f14927ddd3c266905211c6ae67a3799ea1e709e9b6b246d0e6e44eebe0afc</sub> |
-| [ruse-1.0.1-win-i386.zip](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.1/ruse-1.0.1-win-i386.zip)                     | Windows (i386)             | x86-32        | 1.0.1   | <sub>706c7bace3ad7f739a845ee05278794c2477551a652df727e12dca1cc9d2e914</sub> |
-| [ruse-1.0.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.1/ruse-1.0.1-darwin-amd64.tar.gz)       | Mac OS X                   | x86-64        | 1.0.1   | <sub>0cc864e82237614c3e7a0b06d2fa7f1580532c681d0f1f10c6abb721d72c0f80</sub> |
+| [ruse-1.0.2-linux-debian-amd64.deb](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.2/ruse-1.0.2-linux-debian-amd64.deb) | Linux Debian (derivatives) | x86-64        | 1.0.2   | <sub>63b0f3fff7dd0bfa506b2623d1690d3fe9fc69ec15737a235f0c8712764a4c39</sub> |
+| [ruse-1.0.2-win-amd64.zip](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.2/ruse-1.0.2-win-amd64.zip)                   | Windows (amd64)            | x86-64        | 1.0.2   | <sub>0615349405a47c59984827cf4d8e60480df274d25f430db70e8c2c1c0fb7dbb5</sub> |
+| [ruse-1.0.2-win-i386.zip](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.2/ruse-1.0.2-win-i386.zip)                     | Windows (i386)             | x86-32        | 1.0.2   | <sub>e34566725a0a31b37e9d66a84123f2b667185fb3862d1db4208a35feed6f0ba9</sub> |
+| [ruse-1.0.2-darwin-amd64.zip](//github.com/e3prom/ruse/releases/download/1.0.2/ruse-1.0.2-darwin-amd64.zip)             | Mac OS X                   | x86-64        | 1.0.2   | <sub>52e9804a413db8dca6470bcd13f55dd683e1559aa32c89107b892d98457c4ab3</sub> |
 
 ## Configuring
 To configure the redirector, edit and copy the [ruse.conf](conf/ruse.conf)
 configuration file in the `/conf` directory to `/etc/ruse.conf`. The latter is
-the default configuration file path, and can be manually changed using the
+the default configuration file path, and can be manually specified using the
 command-line `-c` switch. Also Ruse reloads its configuration file when it
 receives the SIGHUP signal.
 
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 #### ² Directory Index
 [²]:#-directory-index
-Use an empty `""` value as the index page to enable recursive directory
+Use an empty `""` string value as the index page to enable recursive directory
 listing.
 
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