puzzling "ipfw show" output

[James Long]

> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:39:44 +0100 (CET)
> From: Trond Endrest?l <Trond.Endrestol at fagskolen.gjovik.no>
> Subject: Re: puzzling "ipfw show" output
> To: FreeBSD stable <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20051212092932.T40542 at ramstind.gtf.ol.no>
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> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 19:09+1100, Graham Menhennitt wrote:
> 
> One last question:
> 
> Why do you need rule 65530 when the built-in rule 65535 does the same
> job?

Having rule 65530 there allows the ruleset to function consistently
on systems configured to accept by default or deny by default.