s how people deploy RFC1918.<br>
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A third option is to default any missing netmask to /24 instead of /8,<br>
which would be what I would personally have done in the first place.<br>
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Poul-Henning<br>
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What do you thing about defaulting to /32 on a missing netmask?<br>
An interface with 1 IP address without any information about the network. All traffic can go to the gateway.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Ronald.<br>
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