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author | Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de> | 2012-12-25 13:11:28 +0000 |
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committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2013-01-07 02:26:16 +0100 |
commit | 983196ceb4d3bb7b6d3cf6da18bb6d5a5eafb347 (patch) | |
tree | bdd5e03acf485af9e0e052848f7679c268d27f82 /iptables/ip6tables.8.in | |
parent | db1414ece88a798ac3f8878875ec3393a917871f (diff) |
doc: document the -4 and -6 options
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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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, |