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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-12-08 14:10:16 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2019-12-08 14:10:16 +0000 |
commit | e5694163584c676152b3bf11fe0635699fb67b2c (patch) | |
tree | c4e957d6308882a0ddcf49bd1a09bec4aa9c02c6 /lib/libc/sys | |
parent | b4c43c92dea8323fa2db795a3f6eef173e1fd306 (diff) |
tweak previous;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/sysctl.2 | 26 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/sysctl.2 b/lib/libc/sys/sysctl.2 index b6cfe76f082..50814281390 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/sysctl.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/sysctl.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.2,v 1.35 2019/12/08 11:08:22 sashan Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: sysctl.2,v 1.36 2019/12/08 14:10:15 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -1459,16 +1459,16 @@ If the kernel has been compiled with the option, then debugging information will also be reported when this variable is set. .It Li ip.forwarding Pq Va net.inet.ip.forwarding -If set to 0, then IP forwarding is disabled. -The IP stack also requires destination IP address of incoming packet -to match IP address of network interface, where packet is bound to. -If set to 1, then IP forwarding is enabled for the host, +If set to 0, IP forwarding is disabled. +The IP stack also requires the destination IP address of incoming packets +to match the IP address of the network interface the packet is bound to. +If set to 1, IP forwarding is enabled for the host, indicating the host is acting as a router. -If set to 2, then IP forwarding is restricted to traffic that has been +If set to 2, IP forwarding is restricted to traffic that has been IPsec encapsulated or decapsulated by the host. -Enabling packet forwarding (values either 1 or 2) relaxes requirement -on incoming packet such its destination address must match just any IP address -bound to host. +Enabling packet forwarding (values either 1 or 2) relaxes the requirements +on incoming packets, so that its destination address must match just any IP address +bound to the host. The default value is 0. .It Li ip.ipsec-allocs Pq Va net.inet.ip.ipsec-allocs The number of IPsec flows that can use a security association before @@ -1891,10 +1891,10 @@ and cases quite differently, and changing this variable during operation may cause serious trouble. Hence, this variable should only be set at bootstrap time. -Similarly to IPv4: if forwarding is disabled, then destination address of -incoming packet must match IP address bound to interface. -If forwarding is enabled, then check is relaxed such destination IP address of -incoming packet must match just any address bound to host. +As with IPv4, if forwarding is disabled then the destination address of +incoming packets must match the IP address bound to the interface. +If forwarding is enabled, the check is relaxed so that the destination IP address of +incoming packets must match just any address bound to the host. .Pp .It Li ip6.hdrnestlimit Pq Va net.inet6.ip6.hdrnestlimit The number of IPv6 extension headers permitted on incoming IPv6 packets. |