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Diffstat (limited to 'man/man8/ip-rule.8')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/man8/ip-rule.8 b/man/man8/ip-rule.8 index c90d0e87c..d10b8b212 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-rule.8 +++ b/man/man8/ip-rule.8 @@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ based only on the destination address of packets (and in theory, but not in practice, on the TOS field). .P -In some circumstances we want to route packets differently depending not only -on destination addresses, but also on other packet fields: source address, +In some circumstances, we want to route packets differently depending not only +on destination addresses but also on other packet fields: source address, IP protocol, transport protocol ports or even packet payload. This task is called 'policy routing'. @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Each policy routing rule consists of a .B selector and an .B action predicate. -The RPDB is scanned in order of decreasing priority (note that lower number +The RPDB is scanned in order of decreasing priority (note that a lower number means higher priority, see the description of .I PREFERENCE below). The selector @@ -179,21 +179,21 @@ The RPDB may contain rules of the following types: .RS .B unicast -- the rule prescribes to return the route found +- the rule returns the route found in the routing table referenced by the rule. .B blackhole -- the rule prescribes to silently drop the packet. +- the rule causes a silent drop the packet. .B unreachable -- the rule prescribes to generate a 'Network is unreachable' error. +- the rule generates a 'Network is unreachable' error. .B prohibit -- the rule prescribes to generate 'Communication is administratively +- the rule generates 'Communication is administratively prohibited' error. .B nat -- the rule prescribes to translate the source address +- the rule translates the source address of the IP packet into some other value. .RE |