1Author: Fabrice MARIE <fabrice@netfilter.org>
2Status: It Works For Me.
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4This option adds CONFIG_IP_NF_MATCH_TIME, which supplies a time match module.
5This match allows you to filter based on the packet arrival time
6(arrival time at the machine which the netfilter is running on) or
7departure time (for locally generated packets).
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9Supported options are:
10--timestart HH:MM
11  The starting point of the time match frame.
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13--timestop HH:MM
14  The stopping point of the time match frame
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16--days Tue,Mon...
17  Days of the week to match separated by a coma, no space
18  (one of Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat)
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20Example:
21  -A INPUT -m time --timestart 8:00 --timestop 18:00 --days Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
22  will match packets that have an arrival timestamp in the range 8:00->18:00 from Monday
23  to Friday.
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25  -A OUTPUT -m time --timestart 8:00 --timestop 18:00 --Days Mon
26  will match the packets (locally generated) that have a departure timestamp
27  in the range 8:00->18:00 on Monday only.
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