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-rw-r--r--extensions/libipt_SNAT.man11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libipt_SNAT.man b/extensions/libipt_SNAT.man
index 626b5929..093b09c4 100644
--- a/extensions/libipt_SNAT.man
+++ b/extensions/libipt_SNAT.man
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ This target is only valid in the
.B nat
table, in the
.B POSTROUTING
-chain. It specifies that the source address of the packet should be
+and
+.B INPUT
+chains, and user-defined chains which are only called from those
+chains. It specifies that the source address of the packet should be
modified (and all future packets in this connection will also be
mangled), and rules should cease being examined. It takes one type
of option:
@@ -35,3 +38,9 @@ is used then port mapping will be randomized (kernel >= 2.6.21).
Gives a client the same source-/destination-address for each connection.
This supersedes the SAME target. Support for persistent mappings is available
from 2.6.29-rc2.
+.PP
+Kernels prior to 2.6.36-rc1 don't have the ability to
+.B SNAT
+in the
+.B INPUT
+chain.