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To: Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>
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Subject: Re: userland ppp and packet filtering 
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[nice syntax description deleted]

>     the ip/port combination.  How do afilter and dfileter fit in?
> 

These are kind of pseudo-filters.  If a packet is denied by the 
filter, then for ``afilter'', it doesn't keep the line alive and for 
``dfilter'' it won't bring the line up (ie. dial).  Either way, the 
packet is passed subject to the [io]filters.

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> Dave Bodenstab
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