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author | Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org> | 2018-01-19 13:17:47 +0100 |
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committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2018-01-19 13:52:43 +0100 |
commit | 557936d4f9e836c7f952ab11312f1915001ed774 (patch) | |
tree | 902f2121bb6a2a22a4b6f7ea89ad6602bc1fb2dd /doc | |
parent | 415bb0c899f1a1180fe41c38d186430644389cf4 (diff) |
doc/nft.xml: mention nftables earlier
Mention nftables earlier in the documentation, so users have more context on what
we are talking about.
This is Debian bug #887718, which contains:
<<<
Currently one must read down 100 lines before it is even mentioned.
You might want to make the connection between "nft" and "nftables" as
early as the NAME or DESCRIPTION.
>>>
Requested-by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Signed-off-by: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/nft.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/nft.xml b/doc/nft.xml index e515b110..9e979af3 100644 --- a/doc/nft.xml +++ b/doc/nft.xml @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <refnamediv> <refname>nft</refname> <refpurpose> - Administration tool for packet filtering and classification + Administration tool of the nftables framework for packet filtering and classification </refpurpose> </refnamediv> @@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ vi:ts=4 sw=4 <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para> - nft is used to set up, maintain and inspect packet - filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel. + nft is the command line tool used to set up, maintain and inspect packet + filtering and classification rules in the Linux kernel, in the nftables framework. + The Linux kernel subsystem is known as nf_tables, and 'nf' stands for Netfilter. </para> </refsect1> |