From owner-freebsd-current Thu Jan 16 08:45:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA29623 for current-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:45:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from pdx1.world.net (pdx1.world.net [192.243.32.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA29618 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:45:13 -0800 (PST) From: proff@suburbia.net Received: from suburbia.net (suburbia.net [203.4.184.1]) by pdx1.world.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA09002 for ; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 08:46:11 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 5408 invoked by uid 110); 16 Jan 1997 16:44:47 -0000 Message-ID: <19970116164447.5406.qmail@suburbia.net> Subject: Re: ipfw patches to test In-Reply-To: <199701161326.NAA16827@veda.is> from Adam David at "Jan 16, 97 01:26:24 pm" To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 03:44:47 +1100 (EST) Cc: phk@critter.DK.tfs.COM, freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I would much prefer the following syntax: > > ipfw add deny from !192.168.23.0/30 to 140.145.230.0/24 > > and I am convinced that it would be a simpler modification to the code. > Patches will follow tonight, if I'm not beaten to it. > > -- > Adam David > I wouldn't. I would prefer a "not from". Shell symbols should be avoided in the ipfw grammer, which is designed to be human readable in english. Cheers, Julian