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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: ipfw patches to test
In-Reply-To: <199701162209.WAA01624@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> from Brian Somers at "Jan 16, 97 10:09:08 pm"
To: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 17:37:48 -0800 (PST)
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> > > Basically you can now say
> > > 
> > > 	ipfw add deny !from 192.168.23.0/30 to 140.145.230.0/24
> > > 
> > > or "!to" for that matter.  Give it a whirl...
> > > 
> > > Poul-Henning
> > 
> > This is a good addition. When I was playing with the code I was
> > quite puzzeled about the lack of this negative logic.
> 
> What's the difference between the above and
> 
> ipfw add allow from 192.168.23.0/30 to 140.145.230.0/24
> ipfw add deny from any to 140.145.230.0/24

It's easier to read?

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