Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2000 19:15:58 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Cc: Patrick Bihan-Faou <patrick@mindstep.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ipfw optimizations Message-ID: <6777.947268958@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jan 2000 19:13:00 %2B0100." <200001071813.TAA05606@info.iet.unipi.it>
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In message <200001071813.TAA05606@info.iet.unipi.it>, Luigi Rizzo writes: >> I still think we should split the current "one huge list of rules" >> into several lists: > >> Two lists per interface: >> one list of rules for inbound packets >> one list of rules for outbound packets >> >> Two lists for the IP stack: >> one list of rules for incoming packets >> one list of rules for outgoing packets >> >> One list for forwarding of packets. > >aren't these three classes combined in some H-shaped way ? Could be, the forwarding branch could be a good place to hook up natd(8) for instance... -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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