From: Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:32:54 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: add paragraph about raw table
X-Git-Tag: v1.3.0-rc1~44
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a1885992ea1813525bc0a812f8de47f58024388d;p=thirdparty%2Fiptables.git

add paragraph about raw table
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diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in
index d082c600..927e959c 100644
--- a/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables.8.in
@@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ Since kernel 2.4.18, three other built-in chains are also supported:
 (for altering packets being routed through the box), and
 .B POSTROUTING
 (for altering packets as they are about to go out).
+.TP
+.BR "raw" :
+This table is used mainly for configuring exemptions from connection
+tracking in combination with the NOTRACK target.  It registers at the netfilter
+hooks with higher priority and is thus called before ip_conntrack, or any other
+IP tables.  It provides the following built-in chains:
+.B PREROUTING
+(for packets arriving via any network interface)
+.B OUTPUT
+(for packets generated by local processes)
 .RE
 .SH OPTIONS
 The options that are recognized by