Brad Bendily wrote: > On 10/10/07, Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Nico Pagliaro wrote: >>> What is the propose of the flag OPTIMEZE? >> http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall.conf.html >> >> -Tom >> > So, i've read the definition of the OPTIMIZE flag: > These extra rules can be eliminated by setting OPTIMIZE=1. > The OPTIMIZE setting also controls the suppression of redundant > wildcard rules (those specifying "all" in the SOURCE or DEST column). > A wildcard rule is considered to be redundant when it has the same > ACTION and Log Level as the applicable policy. > > What reason would we want to leave this at 0? Why is this an option? > Wouldn't you always want it optimized?
Making it unconditional could have broken existing configurations. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
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