From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 20:24:36 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5C3F1065670 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miketodd@miketodd.com) Received: from mail.miketodd.com (ns2.miketodd.com [208.127.144.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CEB98FC0C for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:24:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from miketodd@miketodd.com) Received: from mt2gig (corp.miketodd.com [208.127.144.161]) by mail.miketodd.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n05K9KQO024948; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:09:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from miketodd@miketodd.com) Message-ID: <201A7B91EF6E4AEEB0A62CC2466EC328@miketodd.com> From: "Mike Todd" To: Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 12:13:04 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:30:32 +0000 Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD Port: ipfwcount-0.2.1_1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:24:37 -0000 Please excuse this question if it is not in your specific area - and please let me know if not and possibly where to send the question to get a more specific answer. I have been using FreeBSD, and contributing where possible, since version 4.0 and support a number of blind Internet users, depending on FreeBSD and IPFW to reduce the challenges they must face, especially from email spoofs and other incursions that are challenges even to fully sighted persons. The one question I have regarding IPFW is how many rules may be attributed to a single rule number. The manual only states that multiple rules may be assigned to a single number. I am certain that number must be less than the 4+ million possible IPv4 IP addresses that may be blocked by an IPFW rule. But just how large a number of items may a single rule number be used to accommodate? Mike Todd President, Mike Todd Associates - www.MikeTodd.com Supporting the Digital Coast President, Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter - www.ISOC-LA.org mtodd@isoc-la.org Founder, Digital Divide Task Force, www.ddtf.org (undergoing updates) miketodd@ddtf.org Western Research Application Center, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law Pepperdine University School of Law 714-893-6684 Office 310-698-1620 FAX 714-222-3700 Cell Alt email: mike.todd92@gmail.com