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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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> > 
> > Well, I needed this badly, so I looked at it, if somebody wants to
> > try out this little patch, please report how it goes.
> > 
> > Basically you can now say
> > 
> > 	ipfw add deny !from 192.168.23.0/30 to 140.145.230.0/24
> > 
> > or "!to" for that matter.  Give it a whirl...
> > 
> > Poul-Henning
> 
> This is a good addition. When I was playing with the code I was
> quite puzzeled about the lack of this negative logic.

What's the difference between the above and

ipfw add allow from 192.168.23.0/30 to 140.145.230.0/24
ipfw add deny from any to 140.145.230.0/24


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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....