On Tue, Mar 09, 2010 at 03:36:15PM +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a question: Is the output from "ipfw list" supposed
> to be in the same rule format that is accepted as input?
it is not, partly due to backward compatibility.
If you try "ipfw -c show" then you might have better luck though.
cheers
luigi
> If that's the case, then there is a small bug:
>
> # ipfw add 100 allow ip from any to '{' 1.1.1.1 or 2.2.2.2 '}'
> 00100 allow ip from any to '{' 1.1.1.1 or dst-ip 2.2.2.2 '}'
> # ipfw list 100
> 00100 allow ip from any to '{' 1.1.1.1 or dst-ip 2.2.2.2 '}'
> # ipfw add 200 allow ip from any to '{' 1.1.1.1 or dst-ip 2.2.2.2 '}'
> ipfw: hostname ``dst-ip'' unknown
>
> So it inserts the word "dst-ip" in the output when an "or"
> block is used, but that word isn't accepted as input.
>
> I think the output from "ipfw list" should be valid rule
> format that could be fed back as input to ipfw(8).
>
> In fact that's exactly what I need to do in a script that
> I've written recently, and the "dst-ip" problem bit me.
> I had to work around it with sed(1).
>
> Best regards
> Oliver
>
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