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Date:      Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:31:33 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Chico <chicoman341978@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-config@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Rule Numbering...
Message-ID:  <20030813063133.GA52431@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030812200556.76245.qmail@web12002.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <0b5401c35c56$a8f6df40$0f01010a@lambda> <20030812200556.76245.qmail@web12002.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 01:05:56PM -0700, Chico wrote:
> I am wondering what the deal is with the Rule
> numbering in IPFW?  I am switching from IPF to IPFW
> because it has more functionality, however I am
> confused with the rule numbering scheme.  When I read
> "how-to's" on the internet people are numbering the
> firewall rules in there /etc/ipfw.rules file starting
> with 00300, 00301...  and then start going to 00400,
> 00401, 00402...  What the deal with this scheme?

Pure arbitrariness.

Kris

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