Technologies for updating an access control list table without causing disruption

One or more machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions, which, when executed, causes a network device to:

• receive a request to store a first rule to an access control list (ACL), wherein the first rule is associated with a first precedence group of a plurality of precedence groups and wherein each precedence group is indicative of a placement priority of a given rule in the ACL;
• determine, as a function of the first precedence group, a placement for the first rule in the ACL;
• and
• store the first rule according to the determined placement in the ACL.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a network device, a request to store a first rule to an access control list (ACL), wherein the first rule is associated with a first precedence group of a plurality of precedence groups and wherein each precedence group is indicative of a placement priority of a given rule in the ACL;
• determine, by the network device and as a function of the first precedence group, a placement for the first rule in the ACL;
• and
• store, by the network device, the first rule according to the determined placement in the ACL.

A network device comprising:

• circuitry for receiving a request to store a first rule to an access control list (ACL), wherein the first rule is associated with a first precedence group of a plurality of precedence groups and wherein each precedence group is indicative of a placement priority of a given rule in the ACL;
• means for determining, as a function of the first precedence group, a placement for the first rule in the ACL;
• and
• circuitry for storing the first rule according to the determined placement in the ACL.