Rodney W. Grimes

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ifconfig(8): change default IP address format to 'cidr'

> > As Jessica pointed out on the mailing list the current code incorrectly calculates a non contiguous netmask. > > can you show an example of a non-contiguous netmask...

ifconfig(8): change default IP address format to 'cidr'

> > Something (my best guess would be the netlink rewrites) has broken this > > has it "broken" this or has it _fixed_ this by not allowing non-contiguous netmasks?...

ifconfig(8): change default IP address format to 'cidr'

Another data point, people are asserting that CIDR obsoleted non contiguous netmask, yet the IETF documents do NOT refect this fact. RFC950 was NOT updated by the CIDR RFC's, It...

ifconfig(8): change default IP address format to 'cidr'

> what IGPs can carry non-contiguous netmasks? As far as I am aware ALL ipv4 IGP's carry routes as Address:Netmask pairs, they do NOT carry this data as a prefix...