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> References: <20061205161214.GB3357@kobe.laptop> <20061205203738.251FD45042@ptavv.es.net> <bc292860612060115s7d1b9d21xab478d4c3fc49a8b@mail.gmail.com>
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[ Moving to -doc ] 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 -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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