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Date:      Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:51:59 -0800
From:      Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
To:        Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
Cc:        "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk>, freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Sanity check in ipfw(8)
Message-ID:  <20030121095159.A61957@xorpc.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E2CE0FA.2080301@tenebras.com>; from kudzu@tenebras.com on Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:56:10PM -0800
References:  <20030121004353.GF351@nitro.dk> <20030120165940.A65713@xorpc.icir.org> <20030121012046.GG351@nitro.dk> <20030120173223.A83271@xorpc.icir.org> <20030121004353.GF351@nitro.dk> <3E2CE0FA.2080301@tenebras.com>

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On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:56:10PM -0800, Michael Sierchio wrote:
...
> > yes i honestly believe that it is better to avoid the userland code
> > being too smart. E.g. ipfw accepts things such as
> >
> > 	allow ip from any to any 53
> >
> > which matches both tcp and udp to port 53 -- ipfw1 did not accept
> > this, and needed two rules for this very common thing.
> 
> Shi'ite!  Documentation?

well it's in the ipfw manpage. I mention that checking for a
non-existing field (e.g. port number in a protocol that does not
have ports) will never match. The manpage describes the features,
but it cannot possibly mention all the ways in which these features
can be used.

	cheers
	luigi

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