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Re: Interface description support



> On Jun 24, 2019, at 4:29 AM, Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost> wrote:
> 
> I'd say that we should explicitely mention if we're looking up a name or
> a description, to avoid confusion. For example if wm0 has descrition
> "external if" we should be able to write in ipf:
> 
> block in on wm0 from any to any
> or
> block in on intf_desc "external if" from any to any
> 
> Same with netstat:
> netstat -I wm0
> netstat -D "external if"
> 
> and so on ...

I think that severely limits the utility of the description field.

-- thorpej



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