Re: [FW1] How many rules can exists in fw1 ?

[Euan <euan () access org uk>]

Nope, not in the case of encryption rules, which are an exception to the
'first fit' model.

> I was under the impression that it looked at the properties first, that
> is where the rule 0 comes from and then the order of the rules.  Anytime
> that I have used the fw-1 and tried to setup conflicting rules, the
> verify portion has always bombed.
>
> - Deepak
>
> Jennifer Galvin wrote:
> > That's how it was explained to me in class.  Plus, if you have a rule that
> > requires encryption between two hosts, and then later on it allows no
> > encryption between two hosts, FW1 will then pick the rule with less
> > security, even though it comes after the 1st rule.