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Re: Proposal to apply mask to IP address set on rule
Vadim Goncharov <vadimnuclight%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>> express a "subnet" as "addr/mask" and still >> have non-zero host bits
>> in the "addr" part.
>>
>> > Is it? I never use that.
>>
>> The advantage of doing so is that you no longer risk zeroing the wrong
>> number of bits when go from a /128 to the subnet that encloses it.
>> v6: pretty non-trivial to get right.
> Is it? As v6 has addresses in hex, it's simpler to apply calculations.
Sorry, I meant trivial to get right.
It's much easier in v6, I agree.
>> v4 with non-multiples of 8: saves many mistakes.
Number of times I mask with 240 rather than 224 when dealing with /27s vs /26s.
(vs /28s)...
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