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@@ -178,7 +178,15 @@
<sect3 id="net-proto">
<title>Network Protocols</title>
- <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support C++-style comment.</para>
+ <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support comma-separated address lists
+ (like <literal>1.2.3.4, 5.6.7.8/30, 9.10.11.12/22</literal>),
+ and allows spaces after commas to make lists of addresses more readable.
+ &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>&man.ipfw.4; rules now support C++-style comment.
+ The comment is stored together with the rule and appears using
+ &man.ipfw.8; <literal>show</literal> command.
+ &merged;</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.8; now allows to modify &man.ipfw.4; rules in set 31,
which was read-only and used for the default rules.
@@ -186,7 +194,8 @@
command but are not deleted
by <command>ipfw flush</command> command.
So this implements a flexible form of <quote>persistent
- rules</quote>. More details can be found in &man.ipfw.8;.</para>
+ rules</quote>. More details can be found in &man.ipfw.8;.
+ &merged;</para>
<para>To reduce information leakage, IPv4 packets no longer have
a <varname>ip_id</varname> field set unless fragmentation is
@@ -246,7 +255,12 @@
presence of devfs, and has been removed.</para>
<para>&man.ipfw.8; <literal>list</literal> and <literal>show</literal>
- command now support ranges of rule numbers.</para>
+ command now support ranges of rule numbers.
+ &merged;</para>
+
+ <para>&man.ipfw.8; now supports <option>-n</option> flag
+ to test the syntax of commands without actually changing anything.
+ &merged;</para>
<para>The <filename>libcipher</filename> DES cryptography library
has been removed. All of its functionality is provided by the
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