Re: [RFC] /proc/fs/nfsd/exports
Michael Talbot-Wilson (mtw@calypso.view.net.au)
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 16:53:37 +1030 (CST)
> > > >Yet netmasks are bit-oriented, thus more intelligible as hex
> > > >integers.
> > >
> > > I like the 192.168.42.105/24 thing for netmasks.
> >
> > If I remember right, from a discussion on an italian mailing-list about
> > networking, the bits in a netmask should be contiguous but it is not
> > strictly required. So the /24 part means nothing if you have not
>
> Oh, it is strictly required. Some OSes may not require it, but the
> RFC specs, and some other OSes definitely do.
What about addresses like 127.1 and 128.1.122? I.e. there seem to
be _two_ integer fields, the second, the host number (at least)
being representable in several ways.
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