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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 index 7ad9c4abb7f..bff448aa8dc 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pf.conf.5,v 1.587 2021/07/19 16:23:56 kn Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pf.conf.5,v 1.588 2021/11/01 07:51:51 landry Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002, Daniel Hartmeier .\" Copyright (c) 2003 - 2013 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 19 2021 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 1 2021 $ .Dt PF.CONF 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1103,13 +1103,14 @@ The option is similar to .Cm route-to , but routes packets that pass in the opposite direction (replies) to the -specified interface. +specified address. Opposite direction is only defined in the context of a state entry, and .Cm reply-to is useful only in rules that create state. -It can be used on systems with multiple external connections to -route all outgoing packets of a connection through the interface -the incoming connection arrived through (symmetric routing enforcement). +It can be used on systems with multiple paths to the internet to ensure +that replies to an incoming network connection to a particular address +are sent using the path associated with that address (symmetric routing +enforcement). .It Cm route-to The .Cm route-to |