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From: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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Subject: Re: how do I delete just one ipfw rule ?
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Luigi Rizzo wrote:

> no, it is not possible to delete them -- you have no way to tell
> which rule to delete when multiple rules share the same number.

Are there any plans to make ipfw more flexible by changing the 65535 to
the next power of two ?  So there are a lot more rules ?