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iptables manpage: Update REDIRECT target

Message ID 516593A2.8040308@chello.at
State Superseded
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Mart Frauenlob April 10, 2013, 4:30 p.m. UTC 
Hello,

this patch renames libipt_REDIRECT.man to libxt_REDIRECT.man thus 
informing about the IPv6 version.
Also the list of valid protocols for port mapping is updated to:
tcp, udp, dccp and sctp.

I hope the address provided for IPv6 localhost ::1 is correct?

Best regards

Mart
From 2032b842833bd4737e6bd1317ea8fa386d2e3fca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AllKind <allkind@fastest.cc>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:58:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] manpage: Rename libipt_REDIRECT.man to libxt_REDIRECT.man.
 Update list of protocols valid for port mapping.

---
 extensions/libipt_REDIRECT.man |   25 -------------------------
 extensions/libxt_REDIRECT.man  |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 extensions/libipt_REDIRECT.man
 create mode 100644 extensions/libxt_REDIRECT.man

+.PP
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diff --git a/extensions/libipt_REDIRECT.man b/extensions/libipt_REDIRECT.man
deleted file mode 100644
index 90ab19d..0000000
--- a/extensions/libipt_REDIRECT.man
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ 
-This target is only valid in the
-.B nat
-table, in the
-.B PREROUTING
-and
-.B OUTPUT
-chains, and user-defined chains which are only called from those
-chains.  It redirects the packet to the machine itself by changing the
-destination IP to the primary address of the incoming interface
-(locally-generated packets are mapped to the 127.0.0.1 address).
-.TP
-\fB\-\-to\-ports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIport\fP]
-This specifies a destination port or range of ports to use: without
-this, the destination port is never altered.  This is only valid
-if the rule also specifies
-\fB\-p tcp\fP
-or
-\fB\-p udp\fP.
-.TP
-\fB\-\-random\fP
-If option
-\fB\-\-random\fP
-is used then port mapping will be randomized (kernel >= 2.6.22).
-.RS
-.PP
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_REDIRECT.man b/extensions/libxt_REDIRECT.man
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f7de5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/libxt_REDIRECT.man
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 
+This target is only valid in the
+.B nat
+table, in the
+.B PREROUTING
+and
+.B OUTPUT
+chains, and user-defined chains which are only called from those
+chains.  It redirects the packet to the machine itself by changing the
+destination IP to the primary address of the incoming interface
+(locally-generated packets are mapped to the localhost address,
+127.0.0.1 for IPv4 and ::1 for IPv6).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-to\-ports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIport\fP]
+This specifies a destination port or range of ports to use: without
+this, the destination port is never altered.  This is only valid
+if the rule also specifies one of the following protocols:
+\fBtcp\fP, \fBudp\fP, \fBdccp\fP or \fBsctp\fP.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-random\fP
+If option
+\fB\-\-random\fP
+is used then port mapping will be randomized (kernel >= 2.6.22).
+.RS