From 6cf172ed4064df729ca83eb71133741dfbd6c6e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:48:59 +0100 Subject: manpages: grammar and spelling --- extensions/libip6t_frag.man | 2 +- extensions/libipt_SAME.man | 2 +- extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man | 2 +- extensions/libxt_connbytes.man | 4 ++-- extensions/libxt_dscp.man | 2 +- extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man | 4 ++-- ip6tables.8.in | 2 +- ip6tables.c | 2 +- iptables.8.in | 10 +++++----- iptables.c | 2 +- 10 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/extensions/libip6t_frag.man b/extensions/libip6t_frag.man index 5ac13a45..8937b558 100644 --- a/extensions/libip6t_frag.man +++ b/extensions/libip6t_frag.man @@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ Matches on the first fragment. Matches if there are more fragments. .TP .BR "[--fraglast]" -Matches if this is the last fragement. +Matches if this is the last fragment. diff --git a/extensions/libipt_SAME.man b/extensions/libipt_SAME.man index 4e88d48d..d038615a 100644 --- a/extensions/libipt_SAME.man +++ b/extensions/libipt_SAME.man @@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ Don't use the destination-ip in the calculations when selecting the new source-ip .TP .B "--random" -Port mapping will be forcely randomized to avoid attacks based on +Port mapping will be forcibly randomized to avoid attacks based on port prediction (kernel >= 2.6.21). diff --git a/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man b/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man index 015effd1..acd45e9c 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ you to put a packet into any specific queue, identified by its 16-bit queue number. .TP \fB--queue-num\fP \fIvalue\fP -This specifies the QUEUE number to use. Valud queue numbers are 0 to 65535. The default value is 0. +This specifies the QUEUE number to use. Valid queue numbers are 0 to 65535. The default value is 0. .TP It can only be used with Kernel versions 2.6.14 or later, since it requires the diff --git a/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man b/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man index 7b7c3139..124ff6f4 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_connbytes.man @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ Match by how many bytes or packets a connection (or one of the two -flows constituting the connection) have tranferred so far, or by +flows constituting the connection) has transferred so far, or by average bytes per packet. The counters are 64bit and are thus not expected to overflow ;) @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ The counters are 64bit and are thus not expected to overflow ;) The primary use is to detect long-lived downloads and mark them to be scheduled using a lower priority band in traffic control. -The transfered bytes per connection can also be viewed through +The transferred bytes per connection can also be viewed through /proc/net/ip_conntrack and accessed via ctnetlink .TP [\fB!\fP] \fB--connbytes\fP \fIfrom\fP[\fB:\fR\fIto\fP] diff --git a/extensions/libxt_dscp.man b/extensions/libxt_dscp.man index cb0b6f34..29ff3b2c 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_dscp.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_dscp.man @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ Match against a numeric (decimal or hex) value [0-63]. .BI "--dscp-class " "\fIDiffServ Class\fP" Match the DiffServ class. This value may be any of the BE, EF, AFxx or CSx classes. It will then be converted -into it's according numeric value. +into its according numeric value. diff --git a/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man b/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man index e74aedf0..e4494063 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_hashlimit.man @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The number of buckets of the hash table Maximum entries in the hash. .TP \fB--hashlimit-htable-expire\fR \fImsec\fR -After how many miliseconds do hash entries expire. +After how many milliseconds do hash entries expire. .TP \fB--hashlimit-htable-gcinterval\fR \fImsec\fR -How many miliseconds between garbage collection intervals. +How many milliseconds between garbage collection intervals. diff --git a/ip6tables.8.in b/ip6tables.8.in index 8528b8e0..f1033635 100644 --- a/ip6tables.8.in +++ b/ip6tables.8.in @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ James Morris wrote the TOS target, and tos match. .PP Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote the REJECT target. .PP -Harald Welte wrote the ULOG and NFQUEUE target, the new libiptc, aswell as TTL match+target and libipulog. +Harald Welte wrote the ULOG and NFQUEUE target, the new libiptc, as well as TTL match+target and libipulog. .PP The Netfilter Core Team is: Marc Boucher, Martin Josefsson, Yasuyuki Kozakai, Jozsef Kadlecsik, Patrick McHardy, James Morris, Pablo Neira Ayuso, diff --git a/ip6tables.c b/ip6tables.c index e5602f7e..c7d4a4f7 100644 --- a/ip6tables.c +++ b/ip6tables.c @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ print_match(const struct ip6t_entry_match *m, return 0; } -/* e is called `fw' here for hysterical raisins */ +/* e is called `fw' here for historical reasons */ static void print_firewall(const struct ip6t_entry *fw, const char *targname, diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in index 9904c48d..8ebedb82 100644 --- a/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables.8.in @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ a `target', which may be a jump to a user-defined chain in the same table. .SH TARGETS -A firewall rule specifies criteria for a packet, and a target. If the +A firewall rule specifies criteria for a packet and a target. If the packet does not match, the next rule in the chain is the examined; if it does match, then the next rule is specified by the value of the target, which can be the name of a user-defined chain or one of the @@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ The options that are recognized by .B iptables can be divided into several different groups. .SS COMMANDS -These options specify the specific action to perform. Only one of them -can be specified on the command line unless otherwise specified -below. For all the long versions of the command and option names, you +These options specify the desired action to perform. Only one of them +can be specified on the command line unless otherwise stated +below. For long versions of the command and option names, you need to use only enough letters to ensure that .B iptables can differentiate it from all other options. @@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ fail. Rules are numbered starting at 1. .TP .BR "-L, --list " "[\fIchain\fP]" List all rules in the selected chain. If no chain is selected, all -chains are listed. As every other iptables command, it applies to the +chains are listed. Like every other iptables command, it applies to the specified table (filter is the default), so NAT rules get listed by .nf iptables -t nat -n -L diff --git a/iptables.c b/iptables.c index b2a4b537..7cc2448f 100644 --- a/iptables.c +++ b/iptables.c @@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ print_match(const struct ipt_entry_match *m, return 0; } -/* e is called `fw' here for hysterical raisins */ +/* e is called `fw' here for historical reasons */ static void print_firewall(const struct ipt_entry *fw, const char *targname, -- cgit v1.2.3