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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man b/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man index 59eddfcb..910e3863 100644 --- a/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man +++ b/extensions/libxt_NFQUEUE.man @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ It can only be used with Kernel versions 2.6.14 or later, since it requires the .B nfnetlink_queue -kernel support. The \fBqueue-balance\fP option was added in Linux 2.6.31. +kernel support. The \fBqueue-balance\fP option was added in Linux 2.6.31, +\fBqueue-bypass\fP in 2.6.39. .TP \fB\-\-queue\-num\fP \fIvalue\fP This specifies the QUEUE number to use. Valid queue numbers are 0 to 65535. The default value is 0. @@ -16,3 +17,9 @@ This specifies a range of queues to use. Packets are then balanced across the gi This is useful for multicore systems: start multiple instances of the userspace program on queues x, x+1, .. x+n and use "\-\-queue\-balance \fIx\fP\fB:\fP\fIx+n\fP". Packets belonging to the same connection are put into the same nfqueue. +.PP +.TP +\fB\-\-queue\-bypass\fP +By default, if no userspace program is listening on an NFQUEUE, then all packets that are to be queued +are dropped. When this option is used, the NFQUEUE rule is silently bypassed instead. The packet +will move on to the next rule. |