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.
Greetings
Bernd
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