Commit b1b1062f authored by Juliusz Chroboczek's avatar Juliusz Chroboczek

Man page updates.

parent f8aee02d
...@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ generate, while never counting to infinity. ...@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ generate, while never counting to infinity.
Specify the link-local multicast address to be used by the protocol. Specify the link-local multicast address to be used by the protocol.
.TP .TP
.BI \-p " port" .BI \-p " port"
Specify the UDP port number to be used by the Babel protocol. Specify the UDP port number to be used by the protocol.
.TP .TP
.BI \-S " state-file" .BI \-S " state-file"
Set the name of the file used for preserving long-term information Set the name of the file used for preserving long-term information
...@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ iteration through the daemon's main loop. A value of 2 additionally ...@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ iteration through the daemon's main loop. A value of 2 additionally
requests tracing every message sent or received. The default is 0. requests tracing every message sent or received. The default is 0.
.TP .TP
.BI \-n " network cost" .BI \-n " network cost"
Advertise an external route for the given network with the given cost. Advertise an external route for the given network or host with the
We suggest a cost of 256 \[mu] given cost. We suggest a cost of 256 \[mu]
.RI ( n .RI ( n
+ 1) for a network + 1) for a network
.I n .I n
...@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ of 0.) ...@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@ of 0.)
The list of interfaces on which the protocol should operate. The list of interfaces on which the protocol should operate.
.SH WIRED INTERFACES .SH WIRED INTERFACES
By default, the daemon optimises traffic on wired interfaces by By default, the daemon optimises traffic on wired interfaces by
sending fewer periodic hello messages, performing split-horizon sending fewer periodic hello messages and performing split-horizon
processing and not generating any reverse reachability information. processing. These optimisations can be disabled by using the
These optimisations can be disabled by using the
.B -H .B -H
and and
.B -s .B -s
...@@ -165,9 +164,9 @@ Babel is a completely insecure protocol: any attacker able to ...@@ -165,9 +164,9 @@ Babel is a completely insecure protocol: any attacker able to
inject IP packets with a link-local source address can disrupt the inject IP packets with a link-local source address can disrupt the
protocol's operation. protocol's operation.
Since Babel uses link-local addresses only, there is no need to Since Babel uses link-local addresses only, there is no need to update
update firewalls to allow forwarding of Babel protocol packets. If firewalls to allow forwarding of Babel protocol packets. If filtering
ingress filtering is done on a host, the protocol port should be is done on a host, UDP datagrams to the protocol port should be
opened. As Babel uses unicast packets in some cases, just allowing opened. As Babel uses unicast packets in some cases, just allowing
packets destined to the multicast address is not enough. packets destined to the multicast address is not enough.
.SH BUGS .SH BUGS
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