Release 1.2.3.

[preload-hacks] / noip.1

diff --git a/noip.1 b/noip.1
index 93b0a8a..f4598da 100644 (file)
--- a/noip.1
+++ b/noip.1
@@ -123,9 +123,10 @@ variable
 can also be used to control which ports are assigned automatically.
 .TP
 .BI "realbind " acl-entry
 can also be used to control which ports are assigned automatically.
 .TP
 .BI "realbind " acl-entry

-Add an entry to the
+Add a comma-separated list of entries to the

 .B realbind
 .B realbind

-access control list (ACL).  When a program attempts to
+access control list (ACL).  (See below for the format of an ACL entry.)
+When a program attempts to

 .BR bind (2)
 a socket to an address, the
 .B realbind
 .BR bind (2)
 a socket to an address, the
 .B realbind


@@ -148,9 +149,10 @@ are also put at the end (before the
 rules), though this may change later.
 .TP
 .BI "realconnect " acl-entry
 rules), though this may change later.
 .TP
 .BI "realconnect " acl-entry

-Add an entry to the
+Add a comma-separated list of entries to the

 .B realconnect
 .B realconnect

-access control list (ACL).  When a program attempts to
+access control list (ACL).  (See below for the format of an ACL entry.)
+When a program attempts to

 .BR connect (2)
 a socket to an address, or to contact another socket using
 .BR sendto (2)
 .BR connect (2)
 a socket to an address, or to contact another socket using
 .BR sendto (2)


@@ -175,11 +177,22 @@ rules are appended on the end.  Currently, the rules in
 are also put at the end (before the
 .B _AFTER
 rules), though this may change later.
 are also put at the end (before the
 .B _AFTER
 rules), though this may change later.

+.IP
+(Aside: An attempt to connect to a remote host may not be a hopeless failure,
+even if a real IP socket is denied:
+.B noip
+deliberately makes no attempt to check that addresses being bound to
+sockets correspond to locally available addresses; and besides, sockets
+can be introduced into the directory by other programs simulating remote
+servers.)

 .TP
 .BI "impbind " bind-rule
 .TP
 .BI "impbind " bind-rule

-Add an entry to the implicit-bind rule list.  When a program attempts to
-.BR connect (2)
-a socket without binding its local address first,
+Add a comma-separated list of entries to the implicit-bind rule list.
+When a program attempts to transmit from a socket \(en e.g., with
+.BR connect (2),
+.BR sendto (2), or
+.BR sendmsg (2)
+\(en without binding its local address first,

 .B noip
 consults this list to decide on the correct local address to assign.
 Each entry in the list has the form
 .B noip
 consults this list to decide on the correct local address to assign.
 Each entry in the list has the form


@@ -213,14 +226,6 @@ are also put at the end (before the
 rules), though this may change later.
 .RE
 .PP
 rules), though this may change later.
 .RE
 .PP

-(Aside: An attempt to connect to a remote host may not be a hopeless failure,
-even if a real IP socket is denied:
-.B noip
-deliberately makes no attempt to check that addresses being bound to
-sockets correspond to locally available addresses; and besides, sockets
-can be introduced into the directory by other programs simulating remote
-servers.)
-.PP

 An
 .I acl-entry
 is a comma-separated list of entries of the form:
 An
 .I acl-entry
 is a comma-separated list of entries of the form: