I'm actually not sure if CIDR submasks can be used for IPv6 addresses.
I am also not really used to IPv6 yet. :)

At least for IPv4 addresses, I believe CIDR submask is what users want.

2008-03-13 (목), 08:42 +0100, Niklas Gustavsson 쓰시길:
> Now, this is certainly not my area of expertise so bare with me. Isn't
> CIDR submasks only for IP4 addresses? Also, they can not represent any
> range in IP4 but blocking on subnets is probably what users need,
> right?
> 
> /niklas
> 
> 
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 4:13 AM, 이희승 (Trustin Lee) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > By using submask, we can merge blacklist range and blacklist, because a
> >  single IP address can be represented with 32-bit submask (i.e.
> >  192.168.10.25/32 = 192.168.10.25).
> >
> >  2008-03-12 (수), 20:39 -0400, Mark Webb 쓰시길:
> >
> > > Couple points to make:
> >  >
> >  > 1. Why make a blacklist range and a blacklist.  Why not just add the
> >  > range to the blacklist?
> >  > 2. Should there be more synchronizing of the adding/removing and the
> >  > check for blocked addresses?  What happens if an add and a check for a
> >  > blocked address happen at the same time?
> >  >
> >  > --Mark
> >  >
> >  > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Niklas Gustavsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> > wrote:
> >  > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:37 PM, Niklas Gustavsson
> >  > >  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  > >  > Cool, so I'll add it and ask for a review when its in SVN.
> >  > >
> >  > >  Alright, the code is in (rev 636538), have a go at it. I'm particulary
> >  > >  interested in a review of the IP comparison code, not sure I got it
> >  > >  correct.
> >  > >
> >  > >  /niklas
> >  > >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
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