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Date:      Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:22:04 -0600
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org>
To:        Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick@netzuno.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: interface specification extension for ipfw
Message-ID:  <20010309202204.Y31752@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <HJEEKLMFLKEOKHOKNPBMKEMNCLAA.patrick@netzuno.com>; from patrick@netzuno.com on Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 07:25:49PM -0500
References:  <HJEEKLMFLKEOKHOKNPBMKEMNCLAA.patrick@netzuno.com>

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On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 07:25:49PM -0500, Patrick Bihan-Faou wrote:

> I am currently building a firewall using ipfw, and I am facing a small
> issue. In order to group my rules in some meaningfull way (to me), the first
> thing I do is split the packets per interface. Depending on the recv
> interface, I go to a different region of the ruleset using "skipto".
> Now, according to the ipfw man page, packets generated by or destined to the
> local host will not have recv or xmit interface information respectively.

I'm working on interface specific ipfw lists already. Once I can get a -current
kernel that doesn't lock my test box solid after being booted for 5 minutes
maybe I'll even be able to continue work.

-- 
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              - fumerola@yahoo-inc.com / billf@FreeBSD.org




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