Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:04:29 +0200 From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-current-local@be-well.ilk.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org>, Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 14.1-R rc.conf/ifconfig netmask issue was really hard to figure out Message-ID: <svc4gl2frqb6grd4wcdsgbixmk3pwqeju67ryshaumlgax54ms@ooa3sw36j6n4> In-Reply-To: <202406141342.45EDg9Al049367@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <44le38z9xl.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <202406141342.45EDg9Al049367@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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--svpsecqemsp5mqxz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 06:42:09AM GMT, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > >=20 > > > Defaulting to a /8 netmask for 192.168.x.y does not make *any* sense = ever. > >=20 > > Well, not in the last 30 years or so, anyway. >=20 > No, never ever did /8 make since on 192.*.*.*, that has always been > class C address space. I think what Poul-Henning meant is that 31 years ago, in 1993, classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) was introduced by the IETF, and it rendered "class"es of ip addresses obsoletes. So, class C address spaces has been dead for 31 years :-) --=20 Mathieu Arnold --svpsecqemsp5mqxz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQITBAABCgB9FiEE9XJBpJetWizkEBUef2IOCp6dQb4FAmZslDxfFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEY1 NzI0MUE0OTdBRDVBMkNFNDEwMTUxRTdGNjIwRTBBOUU5RDQxQkUACgkQf2IOCp6d Qb5LnwwAygXz0OcQ/RQti+MhGjaIBzadIrB5jSMZdzgKUWbFU32yIlIx3y1XFyue oEp7oXMx0GyOj0u9aNlcNA9kdo5BjQSDg4LYDlAIHyJTXpVIdU1HjV4GWZ+k9b+D g4Jr0HGOiE1bw26gxAwSFg+J8933DA7auVIkMqPLl7d9k8SgYUdsQ9C5qTpRedIo yXQJLYRp2PmBb+v/QYy93qodAnmV7TAk1RbmayLRt46t3uDRq9Zfr/sUv7cKPqtn /EaBsh0mKyZLPKJw83G0gfg8wI5CV0BMVXlvhrHEw6RYm5cHxgNRxd5BYkULAB6H 8xpk/4SZdi3C3WUdCxIkPyAxQiII/89eVlfUdfc5chKOG7Fj35C3zrVWGH83CQ0+ J7T08GA492y3NTXnk4YuwvinJDh827HP6EJCXzma5bFiye/FGVsn5CS+jLqjwgjj a/h3US1E3MUfBSr7caDmFtpLm3cm/myAx59lKGPzZNHYJpZRP+QT9BrM3/7E5ls0 gYl9y9bI =7GYh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --svpsecqemsp5mqxz--
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