On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote:
> It would be better called a "rule chain" or some such to be similar to
> firewall rules, than an ACL, but ACL is what Phil has chosen, so ACL it
> is. However, I think calling it a "chain" in the sense above makes it
> more obvious what is going on.
We discussed nomenclature at the time, and (IIRC) the conclusion was
that "ACL" is something that would be widely understood. But of course,
you can never actually name anything correctly. :-)
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