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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-12-08 14:10:16 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-12-08 14:10:16 +0000
commite5694163584c676152b3bf11fe0635699fb67b2c (patch)
treec4e957d6308882a0ddcf49bd1a09bec4aa9c02c6 /lib/libc/sys
parentb4c43c92dea8323fa2db795a3f6eef173e1fd306 (diff)
tweak previous;
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/sys/sysctl.226
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.