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Patch to remove masq/NAT in description of IP6_NF_IPTABLES in ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig

PATCH Applied Peter Bieringer 2 participants 2 messages Oct 16, 2006

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Hi,

afaik, NAT (and therefore masquerading also) is left out by design in IPv6, looks like a copy&paste issue.

Patch attached to fix this.

Peter

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net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig renamed from net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig.orig +1 -1
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	  To compile it as a module, choose M here.  If unsure, say N.
 
 config IP6_NF_IPTABLES
-	tristate "IP6 tables support (required for filtering/masq/NAT)"
+	tristate "IP6 tables support (required for filtering)"
 	depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
 	help
 	  ip6tables is a general, extensible packet identification framework.
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Quoted 4 lines · Peter Bieringer

afaik, NAT (and therefore masquerading also) is left out by design in IPv6, looks like a copy&paste issue.

Patch attached to fix this.

Applied, thanks. But please sign off future patches.