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Subject: Re: ipfw ruleset
From: lists @ lina . inka . de
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 11:50:26 +0100
To: dlang @ mail . diginsite . com
Cc: jeff @ datapark . com, firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM






Hello,

> > 1.  I heard that ipfw actually reorders rules.  Is this true and if so
> > how and why does it do this?
> The Linux version does not reorder the rules.

Actually older KErnels (which are maintained by ipfw, not ipfwadm) do
reorder rules. Recent Kernels (and ipfwadm) allow to append (at the end) or
insert (at the first) rule.

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