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authorBrian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-31 20:36:29 +0000
committerBrian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-31 20:36:29 +0000
commit5dd44916b7a054604696f5c41577e16e912898b3 (patch)
tree4322d3e02f745c8ce27d4eb4611a9f42036e4a37 /lib/libalias/libalias.3
parent22962767d5ada507003addced04674a8b010bd7f (diff)
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diff --git a/lib/libalias/libalias.3 b/lib/libalias/libalias.3
index df1440ca46384..66acc92c9ce7f 100644
--- a/lib/libalias/libalias.3
+++ b/lib/libalias/libalias.3
@@ -701,9 +701,16 @@ host machine, it will be sent to the address
indicated by a call to PacketAliasSetTarget().
If this function is not called, or is called
-with a zero address argument, then all new
+with a INADDR_NONE address argument, then all new
incoming packets go to the address set by
PacketAliasSetAddress.
+
+If this function is called with a INADDR_ANY address
+argument, then all new incoming packets go to the
+address specified in the packet.
+This allows external machines to talk directly to
+internal machines if they can route packets to the
+machine in question.
.Ss 6.2 PacketAliasCheckNewLink()
.Ft int