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Subject: Re: [CFT]: ipfw named tables / different tabletypes
From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
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On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Bill Yuan <bycn82@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. "each table can have it's own name", I like this idea. I am also
> working on this kind of functions, But I am in different way. In my
> opinion. the "name" or "type" of the table, all this are utility function
> for the user. in the kernel space. I want to keep all the things the same
> as before. and add a translate function in the user land commands, so tha=
t
> means we need to find a space to keep the mapping of the name<->id or
> type<->id,
>

=E2=80=8Bthis does not work, you'd have another database to keep in sync
and on which you have races with modifications to the ipfw config.

cheers
luigi
=E2=80=8B