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Ulrich Kiermayr
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Thu May 22 16:23:07 CEST 2003
Dear all, >> >inetnum: 193.0.0.221 >> > >> >to >> > >> >inetnum: 193.0.0.221 - 193.0.0.221 >> > >> >(the 'single host') >> >? >> >> is there a possibilty for ambiguity? > > > I guess there is, especially if the last element is 0 (e.g. 194.152.133.0, > which probably can be confused with 194.152.133.0/24). Me (because of beeing to young?) is very used to CIDR, so for me it would be rather clear that a dotted quad means a single IP, and not a network ;-) > I would prefer this latter (i.e. requiring the /32). Would be ok as well (and coverd by the first proposal anyway) - but I think the latter might also be convenient - and, if documented as well, should not cause confusion. my 0.01$ lG uk -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ulrich Kiermayr Zentraler Informatikdienst der Universitaet Wien Network Security Universitaetsstrasse 7, 1010 Wien, Austria ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eMail: ulrich.kiermayr at univie.ac.at Tel: (+43 1) 4277 / 14104 Hotline: security.zid at univie.ac.at Fax: (+43 1) 4277 / 9140 Web: http://www.univie.ac.at/zid/security.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ GPG Key fingerprint = BF0D 5749 4DC1 ED74 AB67 7180 105F 491D A8D7 64D8
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