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Date:      Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:55:04 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
To:        Dave Bodenstab <imdave@mcs.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, reichert@numachi.com
Subject:   Re: userland ppp and packet filtering 
Message-ID:  <199711052355.XAA03932@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Nov 1997 17:54:48 CST." <199711042354.RAA25785@imdave.pr.mcs.net> 

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>     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.

[.....]
> Dave Bodenstab
> imdave@mcs.net
> 
> 

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....





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