Comment 0 for bug 1719211

Is there a reason to restrict interface's name in ufw?
Should ufw accept what iptables accept as iface name?

I've a vpn with lot of nodes, its iface name contain a '-' so cannot use ufw on it.

I've found the check here and cannot found a reason for it:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~jdstrand/ufw/trunk/view/head:/src/common.py#L300

thanks