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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
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Subject: Re: Specififying IPFW unpriveleged port ranges with a mask 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:30:21 CST."
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On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 13:30:21 CST, Dan Nelson wrote:

> How about just use range syntax: 1024-65535?  I'm not sure why someone
> would want to use port:mask notation.

Because of the IP_FW_MAX_PORTS limitation?  See ipfw(8).  Have I
misunderstood the page?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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