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authorArturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>2018-01-19 13:17:47 +0100
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2018-01-19 13:52:43 +0100
commit557936d4f9e836c7f952ab11312f1915001ed774 (patch)
tree902f2121bb6a2a22a4b6f7ea89ad6602bc1fb2dd /doc
parent415bb0c899f1a1180fe41c38d186430644389cf4 (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.xml7
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>