Package: iptables Version: 1.4.3.2-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch
The attached patch corrects some minor errors in the iptables(8) man page, related to port ranges in the "tcp" module. --- /usr/share/man/man8/iptables.orig.8 2009-04-19 12:25:09.000000000 -0700 +++ /usr/share/man/man8/iptables.8 2009-06-03 01:30:03.000000000 -0700 @@ -1187,23 +1187,23 @@ .SS tcp These extensions can be used if `\-\-protocol tcp' is specified. It provides the following options: .TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP] Source port or port range specification. This can either be a service name or a port number. An inclusive range can also be specified, -using the format \fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP. +using the format \fIfirst\fP\fB:\fP\fIlast\fP. If the first port is omitted, "0" is assumed; if the last is omitted, "65535" is assumed. -If the second port is greater than the first they will be swapped. +If the first port is greater than the last they will be swapped. The flag \fB\-\-sport\fP is a convenient alias for this option. .TP -[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP] +[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP] Destination port or port range specification. The flag \fB\-\-dport\fP is a convenient alias for this option. .TP [\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tcp\-flags\fP \fImask\fP \fIcomp\fP Match when the TCP flags are as specified. The first argument \fImask\fP is the flags which we should examine, written as a comma-separated list, and -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages iptables depends on: ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries iptables recommends no packages. iptables suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
