masklength is better known as prefixlength

diff --git a/doc/PROTOCOL b/doc/PROTOCOL
index 61e2c77bb18f7d08bf763357dc03b6c4da759936..da9c75ba5de51bfd663e7989cff555dc2f234bef 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROTOCOL
+++ b/doc/PROTOCOL
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This is the protocol documentation for tinc, a Virtual Private Network daemon.
    provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed
    under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one.
 
-   $Id: PROTOCOL,v 1.1.2.5 2002/02/10 21:57:51 guus Exp $
+   $Id: PROTOCOL,v 1.1.2.6 2002/04/09 11:43:29 guus Exp $
 
 
 1.  Protocols used in tinc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ origin        ADD_EDGE node1 12.23.34.45 655 node2 21.32.43.54 655 222 0
                     +------------------> name of node on one side of the edge
 
 origin ADD_SUBNET node 192.168.1.0/24
-                     |         |     +--> masklength
+                     |         |     +--> prefixlength
                      |         +--------> IPv4 network address
                      +------------------> owner of this subnet
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

diff --git a/doc/tinc.conf.5 b/doc/tinc.conf.5
index 9ac1575bec98cb452e2307cddb92877428e0f50d..2dfdf070910af9f76348316ef6f9790fae2522e1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.conf.5
+++ b/doc/tinc.conf.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd 2002-02-06
+.Dd 2002-04-09
 .Dt TINC.CONF 5
 .\" Manual page created by:
 .\" Ivo Timmermans <itimmermans@bigfoot.com>
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ the above two options then are not necessary.
 Either the PEM format is used, or exactly one of the above two options must be specified
 in each host configuration file,
 if you want to be able to establish a connection with that host.
-.It Va Subnet Li = Ar address Ns Op Li / Ns Ar masklength
+.It Va Subnet Li = Ar address Ns Op Li / Ns Ar prefixlength
 The subnet which this tinc daemon will serve.
 .Nm tinc
 tries to look up which other daemon it should send a packet to by searching the appropriate subnet.
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ variables can be specified.
 .Pp
 Subnets can either be single MAC, IPv4 or IPv6 addresses,
 in which case a subnet consisting of only that single address is assumed,
-or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a masklength.
+or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a prefixlength.
 Shorthand notations are not supported.
 For example, IPv4 subnets must be in a form like 192.168.1.0/24,
 where 192.168.1.0 is the network address and 24 is the number of bits set in the netmask.

diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi
index 726655d337be8e6d6c105debfcbcb361a407542d..5ce852e955dc489e74ba3062487e9378199e9dba 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/tinc.texi
+++ b/doc/tinc.texi
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 \input texinfo   @c -*-texinfo-*-
-@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.27 2002/03/27 15:26:29 guus Exp $
+@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.28 2002/04/09 11:43:29 guus Exp $
 @c %**start of header
 @setfilename tinc.info
 @settitle tinc Manual
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2002 Ivo Timmermans
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 
-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.27 2002/03/27 15:26:29 guus Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.28 2002/04/09 11:43:29 guus Exp $
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2002 Ivo Timmermans
 <itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
 Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
 
-$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.27 2002/03/27 15:26:29 guus Exp $
+$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.28 2002/04/09 11:43:29 guus Exp $
 
 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
 manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ in each host configuration file, if you want to be able to establish a
 connection with that host.
 
 @cindex Subnet
-@item Subnet = <address[/masklength]>
+@item Subnet = <address[/prefixlength]>
 The subnet which this tinc daemon will serve.
 tinc tries to look up which other daemon it should send a packet to by searching the appropiate subnet.
 If the packet matches a subnet,
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ Multiple subnet lines can be specified for each daemon.
 
 Subnets can either be single MAC, IPv4 or IPv6 addresses,
 in which case a subnet consisting of only that single address is assumed,
-or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a masklength.
+or they can be a IPv4 or IPv6 network address with a prefixlength.
 Shorthand notations are not supported.
 For example, IPv4 subnets must be in a form like 192.168.1.0/24,
 where 192.168.1.0 is the network address and 24 is the number of bits set in the netmask.
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ IPv6 subnets are notated like fec0:0:0:1:0:0:0:0/64.
 MAC addresses are notated like 0:1a:2b:3c:4d:5e.
 
 @cindex CIDR notation
-masklength is the number of bits set to 1 in the netmask part; for
+prefixlength is the number of bits set to 1 in the netmask part; for
 example: netmask 255.255.255.0 would become /24, 255.255.252.0 becomes
 /22. This conforms to standard CIDR notation as described in
 @uref{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1519.txt, RFC1519}
@@ -1403,8 +1403,8 @@ only, so keep an eye on it!
 @item Something is not configured right. Packets are being sent out to the
 virtual network device, but according to the Subnet directives in your host configuration
 file, those packets should go to your own host. Most common mistake is that
-you have a Subnet line in your host configuration file with a netmask which is
-just as large as the netmask of the virtual network interface. The latter should in almost all
+you have a Subnet line in your host configuration file with a prefix length which is
+just as large as the prefix of the virtual network interface. The latter should in almost all
 cases be larger. Rethink your configuration.
 Note that you will only see this message if you specified a debug
 level of 5 or higher!
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ Jan 1 12:00:00 host tinc.net[1234]: Trying to look up 0.0.192.168 in connection
 @item Add the `ifconfig $INTERFACE -arp' to tinc-up.
 @end itemize
 
-@item Network address and subnet mask do not match!
+@item Network address and prefix length do not match!
 
 @itemize
 @item The Subnet field must contain a @emph{network} address.
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ origin    ADD_EDGE node1 12.23.34.45 655 node2 21.32.43.54 655 222 0
                     +------------------> name of node on one side of the edge
 
 origin ADD_SUBNET node 192.168.1.0/24
-                     |         |     +--> masklength
+                     |         |     +--> prefixlength
                      |         +--------> IPv4 network address
                      +------------------> owner of this subnet
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------