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@@ -701,9 +701,16 @@ host machine, it will be sent to the address
indicated by a call to PacketAliasSetTarget().
If this function is not called, or is called
-with a zero address argument, then all new
+with a INADDR_NONE address argument, then all new
incoming packets go to the address set by
PacketAliasSetAddress.
+
+If this function is called with a INADDR_ANY address
+argument, then all new incoming packets go to the
+address specified in the packet.
+This allows external machines to talk directly to
+internal machines if they can route packets to the
+machine in question.
.Ss 6.2 PacketAliasCheckNewLink()
.Ft int
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