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- Lines: 23
- Date:
Mon Dec 29 10:22:43 1997
- Orig file:
v2.1.76/linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
- Orig date:
Sun Dec 21 22:36:12 1997
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.76/linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
Introduction
============
- Linux Socket Filtering is a deviation of the Berkely
+ Linux Socket Filtering is derived from the Berkeley
Packet Filter. There are some distinct differences between
the BSD and Linux Kernel Filtering.
Linux Socket Filtering (LSF) allows a user-space program to
attach a filter onto any socket and allow or disallow certain
types of data to come through the socket. LSF follows exactly
-the same filter code structure as the BSD Berkely Packet Filter
+the same filter code structure as the BSD Berkeley Packet Filter
(BPF), so refering to the BSD bpf.4 manpage is very helpful in
creating filters.
@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_DETACH_FILTER, &value, sizeof(value));
See the BSD bpf.4 manpage and the BSD Packet Filter paper written by
-Steven McCanne and Van Jacobson of Lawrence Berkely Laboratory.
+Steven McCanne and Van Jacobson of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
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