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Date:      Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:43:48 -0800
From:      Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To:        Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: per-interface packet filters [summary]
Message-ID:  <16831.9812.789804.36697@ran.psg.com>
References:  <20041213124051.GB32719@cell.sick.ru> <20041214085123.GB42820@cell.sick.ru> <20041214015603.A75019@xorpc.icir.org> <41BEE0E7.BD2316EB@freebsd.org>

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>> As i also said before, i agree that when the number of interfaces
>> becomes large, managing ipfw lists can become difficult (though i
>> see no way your technique can help without the assistance of scripts
>> generating the actual lists for each interface making sure that the
>> 'common' checks are in sync, etc.)
> 
> This is one of the difficulties of per-interface ACL's like in Cisco
> and Juniper.

grown-up operators generate their configs programmatically.  life
just does not scale any other way.

randy



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