Access Control List Rule Table Analysis

 Notations:

         1. F1 ~ F5: 5-tuple fields in packet header

                   F1. Source IP   

                   F2. Destination IP

                   F3. Source port  

                   F4. Destination port

                   F5. Protocol value

         2. P: Prefix

         3. R: Range

         4. S: Protocol value

         5. *: Don’t care term

The purpose of the table: Calculating the number of distinct filed values

ACL
# of distinct filed value
Table Size
Summary
F1(P)
79
118
301
487
2310
4473
3-10%
F2(P)
331
311
298
386
551
595
30%-60%
F3(R)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
F4(R)
101
107
108
108
108
108
1%-10%
F5(S)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
# of *
F1(P)
13
11
16
19
27
35
11-35
F2(P)
8
10
21
35
43
56
8-56
F3(R)
1000
2000
3000
5000
8000
10000
100%
F4(R)
291
571
807
1380
2244
2792
27%-29%
F5(S)
69
171
246
400
640
802
7-8%