[Gllug] DHCP & DNS

[David Damerell]

On Monday, 10 Dec 2001, Ian Northeast wrote:
>I think that if we avoid the use of network classes completely and just
>use the "/<bits>" terminology people will get more used to the idea that
>netmasks do not have to contain a multiple of 8 bits.

... or even be contiguous, although finding a complete set of
networking hardware that will permit non-contiguous netmasks is a neat
trick. :-)

>It's a pity about the implementation of in-addr.arpa domains in DNS:) I
>know there's a way round it but elegant it is not.

Yes. It's not clear what the solution could have been...

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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