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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-06-21 08:30:41 +0000
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2005-06-21 08:30:41 +0000
commitb5aed92e0d495e916ed9e94fe7697046ca4cfdd3 (patch)
treeddd9cfc03023116f5a93574e627b1a2738b23397
parent6f80235904def10dd4752a8c53544cecf36e2a79 (diff)
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man7/ip.7 b/man7/ip.7
index e367833aaf..466747f3b9 100644
--- a/man7/ip.7
+++ b/man7/ip.7
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ ip \- Linux IPv4 protocol implementation
.IB udp_socket " = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, " protocol ");"
.SH DESCRIPTION
Linux implements the Internet Protocol, version 4,
-described in RFC791 and RFC1122.
+described in RFC\ 791 and RFC\ 1122.
.B ip
contains a level 2
-multicasting implementation conforming to RFC1112. It also contains an IP
+multicasting implementation conforming to RFC\ 1112. It also contains an IP
router including a packet filter.
.\" XXX: has someone verified that 2.1 is really 1812 compliant?
.PP
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ for UDP sockets. For
.B SOCK_RAW
you may specify
a valid IANA IP protocol defined in
-RFC1700
+RFC\ 1700
assigned numbers.
.PP
.\" XXX ip current does an autobind in listen, but I'm not sure if that should
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ and the option length.
The
.BR setsockopt (2)
call sets the IP options associated with a socket.
-The maximum option size for IPv4 is 40 bytes. See RFC791 for the allowed
+The maximum option size for IPv4 is 40 bytes. See RFC\ 791 for the allowed
options. When the initial connection request packet for a
.B SOCK_STREAM
socket contains IP options, the IP options will be set automatically
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ defaults to off.
.B IP_MTU_DISCOVER
Sets or receives the Path MTU Discovery setting
for a socket. When enabled, Linux will perform Path MTU Discovery
-as defined in RFC1191
+as defined in RFC\ 1191
on this socket. The don't fragment flag is set on all outgoing datagrams.
The system-wide default is controlled by the
.B ip_no_pmtu_disc
@@ -652,6 +652,11 @@ files or using the
.\" ip_conntrack_max
.BR sysctl (2)
interface.
+Variables described as
+.I Boolean
+take an integer value, with a non-zero value ("true") meaning that
+the corresponding option is enabled, and a zero value ("false")
+meaning that the option is disabled.
.\"
.TP
.BR ip_always_defrag " (Boolean)"
@@ -937,9 +942,9 @@ does not work in some 2.2 kernels.
.BR tcp (7),
.BR udp (7)
.PP
-RFC791 for the original IP specification.
+RFC\ 791 for the original IP specification.
.br
-RFC1122 for the IPv4 host requirements.
+RFC\ 1122 for the IPv4 host requirements.
.br
-RFC1812 for the IPv4 router requirements.
+RFC\ 1812 for the IPv4 router requirements.
\" LocalWords: XXX autobind INADDR REUSEADDR