[[nsp] ACLs]

[Brian Wallingford]

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Florian Weimer wrote:

:Chris Davis <chris.davis at computerjobs.com> writes:
:
:> Isn't ACL optimization a feature of CiscoWorks?  Unless I'm mistaken, your
:> router should accept an ACL as pasted.
:
:On the bigger routers, the internal representation of ACLs is quite
:different from the list you present to the router.  Some translation
:process is involved, and at least some optimization is usually part of
:it.

I can't imagine this optimization would include reordering.  There's lots
of fubar potential in doing such.  ACLs can have drastically different
results based on ordering.