On Thursday 15 Dec 2005 22:15, Wakko Warner wrote: > Graeme Fowler wrote: > > On Mon 12 Dec 2005 14:15:50 GMT , Philip Hazel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >This is more evidence that convinces me that the best thing is to > > > insist on 4 components and give an error for anything else. > > > > That sounds the best way to me, since it's definitely not ambiguous > > and greatly simplifies the code required for validation. It's also > > completely platform (and therefore developer/vendor) independent, > > and therefore portable. > > > > Gets my vote :) > > I've been reading over this. I've noticed that some places that list > IPs (like by region) may list them as a.b/16 or a/8 or something > like that. > > Is there any place the specifically describes CIDR notation?
RFC1519 "Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR): an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy", <ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc1519.txt> might be a good place to start :-) -- Rob Skedgell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
