The following reply was made to PR mod_access/3257; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mathew Hennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_access/3257: can't use 8-bit CIDR masks Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 16:45:12 -0700 (PDT) On 20 Oct 1998, Mathew Hennessy wrote: > >Description: > Hi, > I'm trying to set up my access.conf like so (the IPs @c have been > changed to protect the innocent): > > <Directory /> > ... > Order deny,allow > deny from all > allow from 10.1.1.0/8 10.1.2.0/8 10.1.4.0/8 # doesn't allow any of these > </Directory> > > It turns out that 8-bit CIDR Masks don't work. 16-bit masks will, and > regular masks (10.1.1.0/255.255.255.0) masks will, but 8-bit CIDR masks > won't. > I'd prefer to use the CIDR masks, but can work around this by using the > original (10.1.1) or full (10.1.10/255.255.255.0) masks.. I'm confused. Exactly what size of netblock are you trying to configure? A /8 is the same size as a class A, ie. 255.0.0.0. A /24 is the same size as a class C, ie. 255.255.255.0
