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From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp@pantherdragon.org>
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Subject: Aliases don't get /32 netmask by default?
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I noticed that rc.network doesn't give alias addresses 32-bit netmasks
by default.  This puzzles me, as alias addresses don't seem to work
completely unless the netmask is 32 bits.  Is there a reason why a
32-bit netmask isn't automatically/forcibly added to an alias when
being added?

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