Re: motivation behind the quick

[Henning Brauer <lists-openbsd_(_at_)_bsws_(_dot_)_de>]

On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 01:16:29AM -0400, Generic Player wrote: 
> > and it's not inefficient at all.. unless you overwhelm your ruleset
> Yes it is.  You are forcing tons of extra lookups.  Wether or not it has 
> an effect on your firewall depends on the situation, but it is 
> ineffecient.

performance doesn't make much of a difference here. quick is a bit 
faster in theory, but skip steps usually solve the non-quick case just 
fine.

To Quick Or Not To Quick is a question of personal preference.

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