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From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
To: kaber@trash.net
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] doc: libxt_MARK: no longer restricted to mangle table
Date: Tue,  6 Apr 2010 12:52:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1270551164-2945-2-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1270551164-2945-1-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de>

MARK used to be limited to the mangle table, but there was no real
restriction.

References: http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=126806510332668&w=2
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
---
 extensions/libxt_MARK.man |    7 ++++---
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/extensions/libxt_MARK.man b/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
index 98be812..aaeceb4 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_MARK.man
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 This target is used to set the Netfilter mark value associated with the packet.
-The target can only be used in the \fBmangle\fR table. It can, for example, be
-used in conjunction with routing based on fwmark (needs iproute2). The mark
-field is 32 bits wide.
+It can, for example, be used in conjunction with routing based on fwmark (needs
+iproute2). If you plan on doing so, note that the mark needs to be set in the
+PREROUTING chain of the mangle table to affect routing.
+The mark field is 32 bits wide.
 .TP
 \fB\-\-set\-xmark\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
 Zeroes out the bits given by \fImask\fR and XORs \fIvalue\fR into the packet
-- 
1.7.0.2


  reply	other threads:[~2010-04-06 10:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-06 10:52 iptables pull: osf and misc Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 10:52 ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2010-04-06 10:52 ` [PATCH 2/5] doc: remove claim that TCPMSS is limited to mangle Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 10:52 ` [PATCH 3/5] libxt_recent: add a missing space in output Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 10:52 ` [PATCH 4/5] doc: add manpage for libxt_osf Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 10:52 ` [PATCH 5/5] libxt_osf: import nfnl_osf program Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 14:15 ` iptables pull: osf and misc Patrick McHardy
2010-04-06 18:21   ` Jan Engelhardt
2010-04-06 18:26     ` Patrick McHardy

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