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Authored by gbe on Jul 13 2020, 6:46 PM.
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From PR 232042

30.3.3.1. A Simple Gateway with NAT, in the first paragraph:
xl1 <----> xl0

30.3.3.1. A Simple Gateway with NAT, between the variables of /etc/rc.conf and the first filtering rules:
allows stateful traffic to pass from the Internet to hosts on the network ----> allows stateful traffic from hosts of the internal network to pass to the gateway

N.B. These errors are confirmed by the translation rule found further below and the subsequent explanation.

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compile the handbook

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gbe requested review of this revision.Jul 13 2020, 6:46 PM
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This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 24 2020, 4:52 PM
In D25652#571356, @bcr wrote:

Ready to commit!

Thanks for the approval. I still need some time to verify this change. I am not quiet sure that this is a mistake in the handbook.