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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-11-24 14:43:37 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-11-24 14:43:37 +0000 |
commit | 7aa33a7d8f3db0bfb06c358efef44f272f8a8a13 (patch) | |
tree | 8597f9a38c668f3c4d2193fe789b3c05f518a0da /share/man | |
parent | 901b3cc08d323c2ac56e911613a501e1bfd828ed (diff) |
avoid some duplication in the bridge section; ok deraadt
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/gif.4 | 31 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/gif.4 b/share/man/man4/gif.4 index 2bf2edaad91..578bf1d12a0 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/gif.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/gif.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: gif.4,v 1.20 2009/11/23 06:10:12 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: gif.4,v 1.21 2009/11/24 14:43:36 jmc Exp $ .\" $KAME: gif.4,v 1.15 2000/04/19 09:39:42 itojun Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project. @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 24 2009 $ .Dt GIF 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -87,36 +87,17 @@ This is not necessary in cases where Ethernet-over-IP is being protected using .Xr ipsec 4 . .Pp -Finally, the +The .Nm -interface may be used as a +interface may also be used as a .Xr bridge 4 member. -Ethernet frames forwarded by the bridge to the -.Nm -interface are encapsulated inside an IPv4 or IPv6 header (depending on -how the interface is configured), with transport protocol number 97 -(etherip). -IPv4 or IPv6 packets carrying transport protocol 97 are delivered to -the -.Nm -interface whose "physical" addresses match the source/destination -addresses of the packet (the source address of the packet must match -the destination "physical" address, and vice versa). -.\" -.Sh IPSEC BRIDGE -The bridge can also be used to tunnel Ethernet frames over IPv4 or -IPv6 by using the -.Nm -interface. -In addition to adding Ethernet interfaces, -one or more -.Nm -interfaces are added as members of the bridge. Ethernet frames sent through .Nm interfaces are encapsulated inside .Xr ip 4 +or +.Xr ip6 4 datagrams and sent across the network to another bridge, which decapsulates the datagram and then processes the resulting Ethernet frame as if it had originated on a normal Ethernet interface. |