finding optimal ipfw strategy

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

On 24.08.2019 22:34, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> If you are concerned of performance, general rule applies: less checks, better performance.
> 
> First, use 'out xmit' instead of 'out via'. They are semantically equal and this is micro-optimization
> but it still saves extra check unneeded when combined with "out" keyword.
> 
> Also, you should use old table numbers instead of new symbolic table names
> when you have many rules checking for interface names and much traffic
> because checks for numbered tables are slightly more efficient.
> You may use symbolic names still at source level:

There isn't any old tables, all tables have symbolic names. Even when
you are creating "table(1)", its name is converted into symbolic name.

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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