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Re: pf's "set loginterface" peculiarities
- To: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
- Subject: Re: pf's "set loginterface" peculiarities
- From: Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:45:25 +0100
- Mail-followup-to: misc_(_at_)_openbsd_(_dot_)_org
* Paul de Weerd <weerd_(_at_)_weirdnet_(_dot_)_nl> [2005-02-14 22:08]:
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:44:38PM +0100, Henning Brauer wrote:
> But then I wonder what the 'set loginterface' option is for. If
> statistics are kept for all interfaces anyway, then why the option ?
well, compatibility would be a good reason already, but it still makes
sense to allow ppl to special-case one interface (like "the external
interface" in most setups) whoms stats they get with the overwiev
pfctl -si provides.
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