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Date:      Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:16:55 +1000 (WET)
From:      Andrew Cagney <cagney@tpgi.com.au>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW rules applied twice?
Message-ID:  <Apjvhrk60kM0E1XAR8@tpgi.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199807292052.NAA19705@bubba.whistle.com>
References:  <199807292052.NAA19705@bubba.whistle.com>

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Excerpts from mail: 29-Jul-98 Re: IPFW rules applied twice? Archie
Cobbs@whistle.com (634*)

> Yes, firewall rules are applied as packets enter and as they
> leave an interface. That's why you can specify "in" and/or "out"
> in the firewall rules.

Good :-)

I think the documentation needs to be very clear about this - when it
comes to security things can't be left cloudy -)

	thanks,
		Andrew

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