Re: does binkit log failed in
  By: Dumas Walker to DIGITAL MAN on Sat Apr 04 2020 08:46 am

 > >No. Since their IP matched one of your lines (rules), they would still have
 > bee
 > > filtered.
 >
 > >There's really nothing you could have added to exclude their specific IP
 > addres
 > >es since they matched that more general rule you had.
 >
 > Good to know.  Under what circumstances would the '!' entries be of use for?

Depends on which .can/cfg file you're referring to, but for ip*.can, let's say
you only wanted to accept connections from 192.168.*. You could have a single
line, "!192.168.*" which would filter/block everything *but* the IPs you
trusted.

                                            digital man

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