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interface id and ipfw
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miss News)
Tue Feb 6 15:45:32 1996
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 20:17 MET
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From: ronald@meerkat.xs4all.nl (Ronald van der Meer)
Subject: interface id and ipfw
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After looking at the source code in ip_fw.c (ip_fw_chk()) I have a
question. Why was the interface address chosen to identify an
interface instead of the interface name? The name is guarenteed to be
unique but the address isn't. Am I overseeing something?
Ronald van der Meer
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