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Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>,
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Subject: Re: Removing CIDR references (Was: Re: cvs commit:
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Doug Barton wrote:
> [ Moving to -doc ]
> 
> Niclas Zeising wrote:
> 
>> Maybe we should mention somewhere that the old class A/B/C networks
>> have been obsoleted by CDIR
> 
> It's probably worth having a brief paragraph about this if someone
> wants to write one up.
> 
>> and not simply remove all references to it.
> 
> The terminology is over a decade obsolete. Continuing to refer to it
> makes us look silly.
> 
>> I also think we should explain a bit about how CDIR works, as
>> someone suggested. You can also point people to
>> http://www.3com.com/other/pdfs/infra/corpinfo/en_US/501302.pdf which
>> explains a lot about CDIR, subnetting and whatnot.
> 
> Good suggestion, if someone wants to write it up. :)
> 
> Doug
> 

I can probably hack something together later this week. At least a 
"draft" to have something to start with.
Regards!
//Niclas