From owner-freebsd-ipfw Thu Jan 9 6:41: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E1B37B405 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 06:41:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from accord.grasslake.net (accord.grasslake.net [209.98.56.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF3643F13 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 06:41:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swb@accord.grasslake.net) Received: from accord.grasslake.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by accord.grasslake.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h09EUOGi060977 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 08:30:24 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from swb@accord.grasslake.net) Received: from localhost (swb@localhost) by accord.grasslake.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h09EUOOG060974 for ; Thu, 9 Jan 2003 08:30:24 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 08:30:24 -0600 (CST) From: Shawn Barnhart To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Feature Request In-Reply-To: <3E1CDC96.24785.27A7458@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Bruno Afonso wrote: > On 8 Jan 2003 at 19:00, Scott M. Nolde wrote: > > > I understand that rules can be added and removed, but in most cases, once > > the ruleset is "stable" nothing much changes. Having a relative skip > > would help me since I have written a number of ipfw-based firewall scripts > > which could benefit from a relative skip. > > If you happen to need to make some quick changes, you will not see it that way. You will > have to re-read the entire ruleset, calculate the skips, etc. imho, this feature would used > by 1% of users. > > I honestly can't think of any big advantages in the long run at all. I'd wager the original poster wants to jump to a specific rule and not just arbitrarily +5 or something. Would a better idea be having the ability to assign a label to a specific rule? That way you could jump to the label and not just N rules. This way you could change the ruleset and not fubar the skips. -- swb@grasslake.net Hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message