From owner-freebsd-ipfw Wed Jan 8 14:32: 4 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5873737B401 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:32:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns.itga.com.au (ns.itga.com.au [202.53.40.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9D643EE1 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:32:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (lightning.itga.com.au [192.168.71.20]) by ns.itga.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA76797; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:31:45 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from gnb@itga.com.au) Received: from lightning.itga.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lightning.itga.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA17004; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 09:31:44 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <200301082231.JAA17004@lightning.itga.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 05/15/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 From: Gregory Bond To: "Scott M. Nolde" Cc: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Feature Request In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 08 Jan 2003 09:50:20 -0500. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 09:31:43 +1100 Sender: owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ?Has there been consideration to make a "relative skip" function > Any comments? Horrible idea. Rules can be added and deleted in the gap, which silently changes the meaning of your firewall ruleset. A maintenance nightmare. And, as far as I can see, no redeeming features to compensate for the almost certain foot-shooting this would allow. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message