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Try to clarify 'loopback' and wildcards

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@ -59,12 +59,14 @@ loc eth2 -</programlisting>
<listitem>
<para>Name of interface. Each interface may be listed only once in
this file. You may NOT specify the name of an alias (e.g., eth0:0)
here; see <ulink
this file. You may NOT specify the name of a "virtual" interface
(e.g., eth0:0) here; see <ulink
url="http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq18">http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq18</ulink></para>
<para>You may specify wildcards here. For example, if you want to
make an entry that applies to all PPP interfaces, use 'ppp+'.</para>
<para>You may use wildcards here by specifying a prefix followed by
the plus sign ("+"). For example, if you want to make an entry that
applies to all PPP interfaces, use 'ppp+'; that would match ppp1,
ppp2, …</para>
<para>There is no need to define the loopback interface (lo) in this
file.</para>
@ -230,7 +232,10 @@ loc eth2 -</programlisting>
<listitem>
<para>If specified, indicates that Shorewall should include
rules that allow filtering traffic arriving on this interface
back out that same interface.</para>
back out that same interface. This option is also required
when you have used a wildcard in the INTERFACE column if you
want to allow traffic between the interfaces that match the
wildcard.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>