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List:       ipfilter
Subject:    Re: Efficiency question...
From:       Darren Reed <avalon () coombs ! anu ! edu ! au>
Date:       2000-02-24 18:09:02
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In some mail from Mike McFaul, sie said:
> 
> Gidday, I've got a fairly simple question on efficiency...
> 
> If I've got a rule group specified like:
> 
>    pass in on hme0 all head 100
>    block in on hme0 from 216.35.208.151/32 to any group 100
> 
> Is it faster or slower or the same speed as:
> 
>    pass in on hme0 all head 100
>    block in from 216.35.208.151/32 to any group 100
> 
> Note the missing 'on hme0' in the block rule. I'm just curious if
> ipfilter tests everything specified in the rule or optimizes itself
> based on context?

The former.

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