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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net>
To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] netstat(1) should print CIDR prefixes
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On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 10:57:13PM +0000 I heard the voice of
Bruce M Simpson, and lo! it spake thus:
> 
> This is a POLA violating 'let's move with the times' patch that gets
> rid of the special treatment of classful IPv4 network prefixes in
> 'netstat -rn' output. Comments please!

Please!

1.2.3/24 is *wrong* when you're referring to 1.2.3.0/24 and not
1.2.0.3/24.  Talking netstat out of giving me that wrong information
is a Good Thing(tm).


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