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| author | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2021-09-06 22:34:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2021-09-09 01:13:47 +0200 |
| commit | 05615f110b6398484aeb2c7ad748f7aec5fcb136 (patch) | |
| tree | 966bb7980ac9dd48f5d3c2994cea0bce34654326 | |
| parent | 34f31e741d961b059a990579c2402dc39981e1e8 (diff) | |
doc: nfnetlink_log allows one single process through unicast
nfnetlink_log uses netlink unicast to send logs to one single process in
userspace.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/statements.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/statements.txt b/doc/statements.txt index 646311d1..d402da70 100644 --- a/doc/statements.txt +++ b/doc/statements.txt @@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ packets, such as header fields, via the kernel log (where it can be read with dmesg(1) or read in the syslog). In the second form of invocation (if 'nflog_group' is specified), the Linux -kernel will pass the packet to nfnetlink_log which will multicast the packet -through a netlink socket to the specified multicast group. One or more userspace -processes may subscribe to the group to receive the packets, see man(8) ulogd -for the Netfilter userspace log daemon and libnetfilter_log documentation for -details in case you would like to develop a custom program to digest your logs. +kernel will pass the packet to nfnetlink_log which will send the log through a +netlink socket to the specified group. One userspace process may subscribe to +the group to receive the logs, see man(8) ulogd for the Netfilter userspace log +daemon and libnetfilter_log documentation for details in case you would like to +develop a custom program to digest your logs. In the third form of invocation (if level audit is specified), the Linux kernel writes a message into the audit buffer suitably formatted for reading |