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Date:      Sun, 4 Nov 2007 23:54:51 -0500
From:      "Chris Haulmark" <chris@sigd.net>
To:        "Juri Mianovich" <juri_mian@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: ipfw rule question ... all possible interfaces ?
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> Is there a way to tell ipfw:
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> "all interfaces currently configured on this system" ?
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> I have a laptop and at any time I could plug in a USB
> NIC or plug in a pccard, in addition to the onboard
> LAN and WIFI, either of which may or may not be
> configured at boot time.
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> So the point is, the active, configured interfaces
> changes regularly.
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> So if I have a rule like:
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> allow ip from any to any via iwi0
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> that won't work well, and neither will:
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> allow ip from any to any via iwi0,abc0
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> So is there any way to say "all interfaces currently
> configured" and have that rule apply to new interfaces
> automatically as they are added and subtracted from
> the system ?

Try this:
allow ip from any to any

Just leave out "via"

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