From 7d8d64eb14e9bfbc9c561379421edbc33a6130cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 12:23:26 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] namespaces.7: Remove repetitious text under network namespaces Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/namespaces.7 | 15 ++++----------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/namespaces.7 b/man7/namespaces.7 index 96ef02a5a..ed4d52151 100644 --- a/man7/namespaces.7 +++ b/man7/namespaces.7 @@ -203,19 +203,12 @@ option. .\" .SS Network namespaces (CLONE_NEWNET) Network namespaces provide isolation of the system resources associated -with networking: network devices, IP addresses, IP routing tables, +with networking: network devices, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks, +IP routing tables, firewalls, the .I /proc/net -directory, +directory,the .I /sys/class/net -directory, port numbers, and so on. - -A network namespace provides an isolated view of the networking stack -(network device interfaces, IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks, -IP routing tables, firewall rules, the -.I /proc/net -and -.I /sys/class/net -directory trees, sockets, etc.). +directory, port numbersi (sockets), and so on. A physical network device can live in exactly one network namespace. A virtual network device ("veth") pair provides a pipe-like abstraction