Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 12:26:23 +1100 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: adam@veda.is (Adam David) Cc: phk@critter.DK.tfs.COM, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw patches to test Message-ID: <19970117012623.15897.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <199701161838.SAA20186@veda.is> from Adam David at "Jan 16, 97 06:38:35 pm"
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> > 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 <proff@iq.org> > > It would be a simple matter to revise these patches to use "from [not] " > instead of "from [!]". Purists would complain that "from !192.168.23.0" is > ugly syntax anyway, just as I strongly dislike "!from 192.168.23.0". Well, no, it wouldn't actually because you may have a host called "not", this is why I suggest "not from", appart from the fact that "from not" is not gramatical. Cheers, Julian <proff@iq.org>
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