Re: Rule Numbering...

Kris Kennaway <[email protected]> Tue, 12 Aug 2003 23:31:33 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.os.freebsd.configuration
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

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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