* Paul A Vixie <vixie@mfnx.net> [001220 10:28]:
> > Question is whether proper (standard/most-commonly-used) format for
> > printing CIDR network address is 10/8 or 10.0.0.0/8 (i.e. should all
> > octets be printed even if they are 0). After search of RFCs, there's
> > nothing that specifies the standard, but 10.0.0.0/8 is used more often in
> > examples than 10/8 form.
> >
> > Postgres uses 10/8 form, and I'm saying that 10.0.0.0/8 is more accepted
> > by everyone else. (I.E. all software can deal with that, but not all
> > software accepts 10/8).
>
> cisco IOS just won't take 10/8 and insists on 10.0.0.0/8. you will never,
> ever go wrong if you try to use 10.0.0.0/8, since everything that understands
> CIDR understands that. 10/8 is a pleasant-appearing alternative format, but
> it is not universally accepted and i recommend against it. (i'm not sure if
> my original CIDR type implementation for pgsql output the shorthand or not;
> if it did, then i apologize to one and all.)
There was no way, prior to 7.1, to get all 4 octets printed using the
original code.
Thanks for clearing up the info.
Larry Rosenman
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