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Date:      Thu, 01 May 1997 08:15:19 -0700
From:      Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        CVS-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-sbin@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/mountd mountd.c 
Message-ID:  <199705011515.IAA18900@precipice.shockwave.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 May 1997 12:23:25 %2B0930." <199705010253.MAA02164@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> 

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Go read getnetbydns().
and rfc1101

; RFC1101 encoding of network information

jnx-net                 PTR     0.169.197.208.in-addr.arpa.
                        A       208.197.169.0
jnx-mask                PTR     0.255.255.255.in-addr.arpa.
                        A       255.255.255.0

  From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
  Subject: Re: cvs commit:  src/sbin/mountd mountd.c
  pst@freefall.FreeBSD.ORG stands accused of saying:
  > pst         97/04/30 11:40:13
  > 
  >   Modified:    sbin/mountd  mountd.c
  >   Log:
  >   Back out msmith's recent commit which breaks using symbolic names for net
>>masks.
  
  You can do this?  I realise it's technically achievable, but the
  concept is somewhat mindboggling.  Who is the DNS primary for
  255.255.255.0?
  
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