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Date:      Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:40:21 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Freddie Cash <fjwcash@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Separate rules for each port, or one for all ports?
Message-ID:  <47E17A35.8030004@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <200803191332.01878.fjwcash@gmail.com>
References:  <200803191332.01878.fjwcash@gmail.com>

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Freddie Cash wrote:
> I'm just curious if there is any information available on how quickly ipfw 
> processes rules, and whether or not a long list of ports in a single rule 
> makes things faster or slower?
> 
> Just curious if there is a big difference between:
> 
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 22,25,80,110,143,443,10000 in recv fxp0
> 
> and
> 
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 22    in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 25    in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 80    in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 110   in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 143   in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 443   in recv fxp0
> ipfw add allow tcp from any to me 10000 in recv fxp0
> 
> Other than the ability to track traffic through each port, of course.
> 


the first is faster.





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