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From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
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	from vadimnuclight@tpu.ru on Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:50:10PM +0700
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Subject: Re: [patch] ipfw packet tagging
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On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:50:10PM +0700, Vadim Goncharov wrote:

> A question about features: is it worth adding functionality of matching
> range of tags? For example:
> 
> ipfw add pass ip from any to any tagged 1-5,10,20

i think it is a useful feature, and if you reuse the existing code
for matching port ranges etc to implement it, performance should
be reasonably good.

	cheers
	luigi