From 008dc0a29e716fbf2e021bb6dc583ae21dd6cc4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: laforge Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:53:41 +0000 Subject: correct manpage about information on '--syn' behaviour (Steve Snodgrass) --- iptables.8 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/iptables.8 b/iptables.8 index 65f67bc..3113b94 100644 --- a/iptables.8 +++ b/iptables.8 @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ will only match packets with the SYN flag set, and the ACK, FIN and RST flags unset. .TP .B "[!] --syn" -Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK and FIN bits +Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK and RST bits cleared. Such packets are used to request TCP connection initiation; for example, blocking such packets coming in an interface will prevent incoming TCP connections, but outgoing TCP connections will be -- cgit v1.2.3