16 Mar
1999
16 Mar
'99
6:48 p.m.
In message <009D5362.46E0DF3C.25@cc.univie.ac.at>, "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACO net" writes:
Taking this one step further, and looking back at what we did with IPv4, where it would be feasible to say 131.130/16, implying 131.130.0.0/16, I wonder if it wouldn't again be worthwhile to restrict the use of these shorthand notations in the Address Registry?
There is certainly something to be said for making it easy for programs to parse the registry. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far!