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Date:      Fri, 23 Apr 2004 17:23:15 +0200
From:      Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des@des.no>
Subject:   Re: Heads up: You may need recompile of ipfw(8)
Message-ID:  <408934E3.1010901@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040423151442.GB49454@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <408929D7.1030406@freebsd.org> <xzpad12n4fx.fsf@dwp.des.no> <40892BDB.9030500@freebsd.org> <20040423151442.GB49454@dragon.nuxi.com>

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David O'Brien wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 04:44:43PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> 
>>Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav wrote:
>>
>>>Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>       Due to a new option in ipfw (versrcreach) the ipfw(8) command
>>>>       needs to be recompiled.  Normal accept/reject rules without
>>>>       options are not affected but those with options may break until
>>>>       ipfw(8) is recompiled.
>>>
>>>
>>>any chance of renaming this to something less tongue-twisting, like
>>>maybe "reachable"?
>>
>>I wanted it to stay in line with the other option "verrevpath" and the
>>Cisco equivalent:
>>
>>  ipfw add 1000 deny ip from any to any not versrcreach
> 
> 
> How about adding an alias of something easily spellable then?

This option is not for joe-user or joe-server-admin but for a couple
of dozen people using FreeBSD as router with BGP.  I trust them to be
able to cope with this burden of spelling hardship.  ;-)

If it were an option for the general public I would have chosen something
less complicated.

-- 
Andre



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