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Date:      Wed, 06 Dec 2006 10:07:32 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Niclas Zeising <niclas.zeising@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@rinet.ru>
Subject:   Removing CIDR references (Was: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml)
Message-ID:  <457706E4.5050805@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <bc292860612060115s7d1b9d21xab478d4c3fc49a8b@mail.gmail.com>
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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

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