Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 22:01:15 +0100 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook Message-ID: <20021219210115.GC540@nosferatu.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20021219204626.GB7370@submonkey.net> References: <3E01FA5E.87B6FC46@mitre.org> <20021219195435.GA540@nosferatu.blackend.org> <20021219204626.GB7370@submonkey.net>
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 08:46:26PM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > > > > According to RFCs (rfc1918 for example), the Handbook is correct: > > > > The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) has reserved the > > following three blocks of the IP address space for private internets: > > > > 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix) > > 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix) > > 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix) > > > > We will refer to the first block as "24-bit block", the second as > > "20-bit block", and to the third as "16-bit" block. Note that (in > > pre-CIDR notation) the first block is nothing but a single class A > > network number, while the second block is a set of 16 contiguous > > class B network numbers, and third block is a set of 256 contiguous > > class C network numbers. > > > > The Handbook says "Class C block" not "Class C network", so it's Ok. > > The quoted text neither agrees nor disagrees with your statement, though. > It might be a "block of class Cs", but it's definitely not a "class C block". Well, for me it's the same meaning, but I will put that on the "distorsion" coming from the translation between english and my native tongue. So, I let someone else fixing that part. Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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