From ff1f324516a438c1978485e7ff75118e39b76ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sheldonh Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 11:27:47 +0000 Subject: Remove single-space hard sentence breaks. These degrade the quality of the typeset output, tend to make diffs harder to read and provide bad examples for new-comers to mdoc. --- sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8 | 27 ++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8') diff --git a/sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8 b/sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8 index a3c85dd..8217546 100644 --- a/sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8 +++ b/sbin/ip6fw/ip6fw.8 @@ -67,13 +67,15 @@ a byte count. These counters are updated when a packet matches the rule. .Pp The rules are ordered by a ``line-number'' from 1 to 65534 that is used -to order and delete rules. Rules are tried in increasing order, and the +to order and delete rules. +Rules are tried in increasing order, and the first rule that matches a packet applies. Multiple rules may share the same number and apply in the order in which they were added. .Pp If a rule is added without a number, it is numbered 100 higher -than the previous rule. If the highest defined rule number is +than the previous rule. +If the highest defined rule number is greater than 65434, new rules are appended to the last rule. .Pp The delete operation deletes the first rule with number @@ -128,7 +130,8 @@ Try to resolve addresses and service names in output. .Bl -hang -offset flag -width 1234567890123456 .It Ar allow Allow packets that match rule. -The search terminates. Aliases are +The search terminates. +Aliases are .Ar pass , .Ar permit , and @@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ or .Ar noport , The search terminates. .It Ar reset -TCP packets only. Discard packets that match this rule, +TCP packets only. +Discard packets that match this rule, and try to send a TCP reset (RST) notice. The search terminates .Em (not working yet). @@ -192,7 +196,8 @@ interface. .Ar proto : .Bl -hang -offset flag -width 1234567890123456 .It Ar ipv6 -All packets match. The alias +All packets match. +The alias .Ar all has the same effect. .It Ar tcp @@ -226,7 +231,8 @@ An ipv6number with a prefix length of the form fec0::1:2:3:4/112. .El .Pp The sense of the match can be inverted by preceding an address with the -``not'' modifier, causing all other addresses to be matched instead. This +``not'' modifier, causing all other addresses to be matched instead. +This does not affect the selection of port numbers. .Pp With the TCP and UDP protocols, optional @@ -300,13 +306,15 @@ The .Ar recv interface can be tested on either incoming or outgoing packets, while the .Ar xmit -interface can only be tested on outgoing packets. So +interface can only be tested on outgoing packets. +So .Ar out is required (and .Ar in invalid) whenver .Ar xmit -is used. Specifying +is used. +Specifying .Ar via together with .Ar xmit @@ -458,7 +466,8 @@ or in short form without timestamps: .Pp .Em WARNING!!WARNING!!WARNING!!WARNING!!WARNING!!WARNING!!WARNING!! .Pp -This program can put your computer in rather unusable state. When +This program can put your computer in rather unusable state. +When using it for the first time, work on the console of the computer, and do .Em NOT -- cgit v1.1