The "value" of "-m dscp -dscp" for iptables command

["zhangxiliang" <zhangxiliang@cn.fujitsu.com>]

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Hello,

    I find a bug in the manpage of iptables:
    The description for the value in option "-m dscp -dscp" should be
modified to 0~63.

    The option can match 6 bit DSCP field within the TOS field in the IP
header.
    So the range for the option should be 0~(2^6-1)£¬that is 0~63.

    1) use "iptables -m dscp --dscp 63" :
         1. iptables -A INPUT -m dscp --dscp 63
         2. iptables -L INPUT | grep "DSCP match 0x3f"

    I have made a patch for the manpage of the iptables-1.3.5-1.2.1.

    The content of the patch:

diff -ru iptables-1.3.5.org/extensions/libipt_dscp.man 
iptables-1.3.5/extensions/libipt_dscp.man
--- iptables-1.3.5.org/extensions/libipt_dscp.man 2007-08-01 
20:29:03.000000000 +0800
+++ iptables-1.3.5/extensions/libipt_dscp.man 2007-08-01 20:30:09.000000000 
+0800
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 IP header.  DSCP has superseded TOS within the IETF.
 .TP
 .BI "--dscp " "value"
-Match against a numeric (decimal or hex) value [0-32].
+Match against a numeric (decimal or hex) value [0-63].
 .TP
 .BI "--dscp-class " "\fIDiffServ Class\fP"
 Match the DiffServ class. This value may be any of the

 Regards
 Zhang Xiliang



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