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On 10/13/2013 06:26 AM, shawn wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@orlitzky.com> wrote:
> 
>>
>> 1. The iptables-restore syntax is uglier and harder to read.
> 
> I don't get this - the syntax is *chain and then :tables (with
> optional counters) instead of -N, and then a bunch of rules, and then
> a COMMIT command (the only thing you don't get on the command line.
> What am I missing or how is this uglier?
> 

That's not the syntax, because there is no syntax, but let's forget that
point anyway because it's subjective.