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Date:      Fri, 16 Oct 1998 14:53:02 +0200
From:      Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za>
To:        Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD User Guide
Message-ID:  <19981016145302.A7957@rucus.ru.ac.za>
In-Reply-To: <3626C622.23A4E9B6@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 12:05:55AM -0400
References:  <199810160202.EAA26210@ocean.campus.luth.se> <3626C622.23A4E9B6@aei.ca>

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On Fri 1998-10-16 (00:05), Malartre wrote:
> I would also like to know the -exact- meaning of "ie."
> Something like "exemple"?

"eg." is "example."
"ie." is "in other words."

Eg: To count all packets destined for port 25, type 
	"ipfw add count tcp from any to any 25".

ie, the firewall will add a rule to count all packets of type tcp going from
any host, destined to any host on port 25.

Hope that helps.

Neil
-- 
Neil Blakey-Milner
nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za

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