From 983196ceb4d3bb7b6d3cf6da18bb6d5a5eafb347 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Engelhardt Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2012 13:11:28 +0000 Subject: doc: document the -4 and -6 options Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso --- iptables/ip6tables.8.in | 9 +++++++++ iptables/iptables.8.in | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'iptables') diff --git a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in index 8f04b31c..58b7bfc7 100644 --- a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in +++ b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in @@ -240,6 +240,15 @@ Give a (currently very brief) description of the command syntax. The following parameters make up a rule specification (as used in the add, delete, insert, replace and append commands). .TP +\fB\-4\fP, \fB\-\-ipv4\fP +If a rule using the \fB\-4\fP option is inserted with (and only with) +ip6tables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an +error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file +for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore. +.TP +\fB\-6\fP, \fB\-\-ipv6\fP +This option has no effect in ip6tables and ip6tables-restore. +.TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-protocol\fP \fIprotocol\fP The protocol of the rule or of the packet to check. The specified protocol can be one of \fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBudplite\fP, diff --git a/iptables/iptables.8.in b/iptables/iptables.8.in index 8d657647..013ac77a 100644 --- a/iptables/iptables.8.in +++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in @@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ Give a (currently very brief) description of the command syntax. The following parameters make up a rule specification (as used in the add, delete, insert, replace and append commands). .TP +\fB\-4\fP, \fB\-\-ipv4\fP +This option has no effect in iptables and iptables-restore. +.TP +\fB\-6\fP, \fB\-\-ipv6\fP +If a rule using the \fB\-6\fP option is inserted with (and only with) +iptables-restore, it will be silently ignored. Any other uses will throw an +error. This option allows to put both IPv4 and IPv6 rules in a single rule file +for use with both iptables-restore and ip6tables-restore. +.TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-protocol\fP \fIprotocol\fP The protocol of the rule or of the packet to check. The specified protocol can be one of \fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBudplite\fP, -- cgit v1.2.3