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authorMart Frauenlob <mart.frauenlob@chello.at>2013-04-10 06:45:08 +0000
committerFlorian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>2013-06-07 00:35:51 +0200
commit48356408ccf03ec2fdba0ceae3d9b5eae5e5e959 (patch)
tree779bcece885db41fc01ad2ed4a6bda264b4e3218 /extensions
parentfe42fac939288cf72cc751dc6b517714e0720e62 (diff)
extensions: libxt_MASQUERADE: rename IPv4 manpage and tell about IPv6 support
also update list of protocols valid for port mapping. Signed-off-by: Mart Frauenlob <mart.frauenlob@chello.at> Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'extensions')
-rw-r--r--extensions/libip6t_MASQUERADE.man30
-rw-r--r--extensions/libxt_MASQUERADE.man (renamed from extensions/libipt_MASQUERADE.man)10
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libip6t_MASQUERADE.man b/extensions/libip6t_MASQUERADE.man
deleted file mode 100644
index c63d826b..00000000
--- a/extensions/libip6t_MASQUERADE.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-This target is only valid in the
-.B nat
-table, in the
-.B POSTROUTING
-chain. It should only be used with dynamically assigned IPv6 (dialup)
-connections: if you have a static IP address, you should use the SNAT
-target. Masquerading is equivalent to specifying a mapping to the IP
-address of the interface the packet is going out, but also has the
-effect that connections are
-.I forgotten
-when the interface goes down. This is the correct behavior when the
-next dialup is unlikely to have the same interface address (and hence
-any established connections are lost anyway).
-.TP
-\fB\-\-to\-ports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIport\fP]
-This specifies a range of source ports to use, overriding the default
-.B SNAT
-source port-selection heuristics (see above). This is only valid
-if the rule also specifies
-\fB\-p tcp\fP
-or
-\fB\-p udp\fP.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-random\fP
-Randomize source port mapping
-If option
-\fB\-\-random\fP
-is used then port mapping will be randomized.
-.RS
-.PP
diff --git a/extensions/libipt_MASQUERADE.man b/extensions/libxt_MASQUERADE.man
index 2dae9640..c9e39501 100644
--- a/extensions/libipt_MASQUERADE.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_MASQUERADE.man
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@ any established connections are lost anyway).
This specifies a range of source ports to use, overriding the default
.B SNAT
source port-selection heuristics (see above). This is only valid
-if the rule also specifies
-\fB\-p tcp\fP
-or
-\fB\-p udp\fP.
+if the rule also specifies one of the following protocols:
+\fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBdccp\fP or \fBsctp\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-random\fP
Randomize source port mapping
If option
\fB\-\-random\fP
is used then port mapping will be randomized (kernel >= 2.6.21).
-.RS
-.PP
+.TP
+IPv6 support available since Linux kernels >= 3.7.