Re: [PATCH 1/3] iptables: accept multiple IP address specifications for -s, -d

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On Saturday 2009-06-06 08:53, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
>> 
>> 	# ip6tables -I INPUT -s 2001:db8::d,2001:db8::e -j DROP
>> 
>> References: http://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=123929790719202&w=2
>
>I think this is handy for users so I can find it useful.
>
>The only concern that I have with this is that it changes the existing
>1:1 mapping between commands and iptables rules. I mean, people may get
>confused because of this "rule expansion" feature, they may think that
>we natively support layer 3 address sets? Probably it's a matter of
>documenting this.

Hence:

>> +Multiple addresses can be specified when, but this will \fBreplicate\fP the
>                                       ^^^^
>This sentence is incomplete? I suggest to refer to the rule expansion
>feature.

Well, I think <b>replicate</b> hits the expansion pretty good.

>> +rule (when adding with \-A), or will cause multiple rules to be
>> +deleted (with \-D).

I'll remove the 'when' in a rebase.
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