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| author | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2013-01-07 21:34:39 +0100 |
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| committer | Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> | 2013-01-28 12:38:21 +0100 |
| commit | 166f20a3665a28e0f5fcedd0914c8e7d41521428 (patch) | |
| tree | 0d13ac298c43570ef8d62c5607a62b91b66d4fb9 /iptables | |
| parent | 1c317dafa986699127d08951037869f9669e3b25 (diff) | |
doc: document nat table for IPv6
Based on the IPv4 description.
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'iptables')
| -rw-r--r-- | iptables/ip6tables.8.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in index 58b7bfc7..24c6f661 100644 --- a/iptables/ip6tables.8.in +++ b/iptables/ip6tables.8.in @@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ the built-in chains \fBINPUT\fP (for packets destined to local sockets), \fBFORWARD\fP (for packets being routed through the box), and \fBOUTPUT\fP (for locally-generated packets). .TP +\fBnat\fP: +This table is consulted when a packet that creates a new +connection is encountered. It consists of three built-ins: \fBPREROUTING\fP +(for altering packets as soon as they come in), \fBOUTPUT\fP +(for altering locally-generated packets before routing), and \fBPOSTROUTING\fP +(for altering packets as they are about to go out). Available since kernel 3.7. +.TP \fBmangle\fP: This table is used for specialized packet alteration. Until kernel 2.4.17 it had two built-in chains: \fBPREROUTING\fP |