On May 3, 2011, at 3:37 PM, Mr Dash Four wrote:

> 
>> There is no ambiguity in the first column of the tcdevices file. The syntax 
>> is [<number>:>]interface. So if there is a colon present, then whatever 
>> precedes it must be a hex number.
>>  
> I take it you meant "[<number>:]interface"? Also, is there a limit on the 
> number of (hex) digits I could use? In other words, is "dead:eth0" acceptable 
> in both tcdevices and tcclasses?

They are 4 digits but iproute2 reserves the "upper half" (those values where 
value LAND 0X8000 is non-zero). Shorewall currently does not enforce that 
restriction.

-Tom

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