From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Dec 19 13: 1:17 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B451C37B401 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:01:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.50.35]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FE5243ED1 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 13:01:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from nosferatu.blackend.org (nosferatu.blackend.org [192.168.1.205]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gBJL1DQj049711; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:01:13 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from nosferatu.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nosferatu.blackend.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBJL1Fjl000908; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:01:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc@nosferatu.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by nosferatu.blackend.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBJL1Ffi000907; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:01:15 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from marc) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:01:15 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Ceri Davies Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook Message-ID: <20021219210115.GC540@nosferatu.blackend.org> References: <3E01FA5E.87B6FC46@mitre.org> <20021219195435.GA540@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20021219204626.GB7370@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021219204626.GB7370@submonkey.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 08:46:26PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > > According to RFCs (rfc1918 for example), the Handbook is correct: > > > > The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the > > following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets: > > > > 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) > > 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) > > 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix) > > > > We will refer to the first block as "24-bit block", the second as > > "20-bit block", and to the third as "16-bit" block. Note that (in > > pre-CIDR notation) the first block is nothing but a single class A > > network number, while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous > > class B network numbers, and third block is a set of 256 contiguous > > class C network numbers. > > > > The Handbook says "Class C block" not "Class C network", so it's Ok. > > The quoted text neither agrees nor disagrees with your statement, though. > It might be a "block of class Cs", but it's definitely not a "class C block". Well, for me it's the same meaning, but I will put that on the "distorsion" coming from the translation between english and my native tongue. So, I let someone else fixing that part. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message