Can someone clarify ipfw's in/out/recv/xmit/via concepts?

[Parv]

in message <20050728204032.71440.qmail at web32812.mail.mud.yahoo.com>,
wrote Dave McCammon thusly...
>
> Here is a link to a thread that help me to understand the
> in/out/recv/xmit stuff.
> 
> http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/tree/browse_frm/thread/240d22a55265689/4bb2dd91a376fa6c?rnum=1&hl=en&_done=%2Fgroup%2Fcomp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc%2Fbrowse_frm%2Fthread%2F240d22a55265689%2F2c14cdd252d01ff2%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26rnum%3D4%26prev%3D%2Fgroups%3Fq%3Dipfw%2Bout%2Brecv%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D3B5E86C8.8438BEE7%2540amit.cz%26rnum%3D4%26#doc_8d3d7ceea76d1cca
> 

After replacing all %[0-9a-f][0-9a-f] but %40 w/ their respective
characters and then deleting (almost) nonessential things, URL
shrinks to (works in Opera 8.x) ...

  http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/tree/browse_frm/thread/240d22a55265689/4bb2dd91a376fa6c/groups?selm=3B5E86C8.8438BEE7%40amit.cz&#doc_8d3d7ceea76d1cca


> ok kind of long ...do a search in google groups using-
> Why is there a "out recv" interface spec in ipfw?

That, of course, would have been faster if one is *really* wanted to
learn about that.


  - Parv

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