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Date:      Thu, 15 Aug 1996 11:34:56 +1000 (EST)
From:      "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To:        Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw vs ipfilter?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960815100530.6553F-100000@panda.hilink.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199608142350.JAA06711@panda.hilink.com.au>

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On Thu, 15 Aug 1996, Darren Reed wrote:

> In some mail from Daniel O'Callaghan, sie said:
> @23 pass in on ed0 proto tcp/udp from any to any port = 123
> 
> to insert a new rule at position 23 for the input list of filters.

Yes, I just noticed a reference to this.
 
> [...]
> > but I *do* like Poul-Henning's rule numbers in ipfw.  Any chance of 
> > having numbered rules, Darren?
> 
> This reminds me of programming in BASIC, way back, when you needed to
> use line numbers for GOTO's, etc, and eventually, you will run into
> the same "problem" and need to renumber.  I really don't see a win
> from this feature.

Well, yes, it is a bit like programming in BASIC, which is why I've 
spread the rule numbers out in my use of them.

I guess my rule-generating perl script could use the rules themselves to 
match my reporting rules, rather than using rule numbers.

Danny



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