From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 13:52:28 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: extensions: libipt_realm: Document allowed realm values
X-Git-Tag: v1.8.3~102
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=290d76b443bf24999d9caacb3fdd027d6e7112a1;p=thirdparty%2Fiptables.git

extensions: libipt_realm: Document allowed realm values

Older versions of iptables allowed for negative realm values by accident
(they would be cast to unsigned). While this was clearly a bug, document
the fixed behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
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diff --git a/extensions/libipt_realm.man b/extensions/libipt_realm.man
index a40b1adc..72dff9b2 100644
--- a/extensions/libipt_realm.man
+++ b/extensions/libipt_realm.man
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ setups involving dynamic routing protocols like BGP.
 Matches a given realm number (and optionally mask). If not a number, value
 can be a named realm from /etc/iproute2/rt_realms (mask can not be used in
 that case).
+Both value and mask are four byte unsigned integers and may be specified in
+decimal, hex (by prefixing with "0x") or octal (if a leading zero is given).