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Date:      Thu, 10 May 2001 19:51:05 +0300
From:      Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
To:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, Michael Sharp <msharp@medmail.com>, FreeBSD-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ipfw
Message-ID:  <20010510195105.D56859@ringworld.oblivion.bg>
In-Reply-To: <15098.50218.467751.103251@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Thu, May 10, 2001 at 10:39:06AM -0600
References:  <20010509200335.7680.cpmta@c000.sfo.cp.net> <15097.44366.138725.618271@nomad.yogotech.com> <xzpy9s5k1eo.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <15098.50218.467751.103251@nomad.yogotech.com>

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On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 10:39:06AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
> > > Not true.  Rules are processed in order, and if you don't give a rule
> > > number I don't know the order that a rule is inserted on the list.
> > 
> > The new rule is inserted at highest existing rule number (except
> > 65535) + 100.
> 
> Ahh, this explains why the new rules aren't being seen (because of rule
> 65000).
> 
> I would have thought the rules would have been added to the 'top' of the
> ruleset.

Nope, they're added to the bottom, so that if you add several rules
one by one, they'll be executed in the order you added them.

G'luck,
Peter

-- 
This would easier understand fewer had omitted.

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