Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:33 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG, rizzo@iet.unipi.it Subject: Re: Small problem with "ipfw list" Message-ID: <201003101120.o2ABKXoa002322@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20100309164611.GB53491@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > > Just a question: Is the output from "ipfw list" supposed > > to be in the same rule format that is accepted as input? > > it is not, partly due to backward compatibility. I see. > If you try "ipfw -c show" then you might have better luck though. Unfortunately that makes things even worse. The "dst-ip" word is still there, and additionally any rules containing "from any to any" are shortened, which is also not accepted as input to ipfw(8). What do you think about adding a new option that lists the rules in a format that can be fed back as input to ipfw(8)? There are several tools with similar options, for example "stty -g". So far -g is not used in ipfw(8), so ... Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd I suggested holding a "Python Object Oriented Programming Seminar", but the acronym was unpopular. -- Joseph Strout
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