On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Peter Radcliffe wrote:
> Philip - RFE, could net32- also match just the IP address without the /32 ?
> Is that reasonable ?
A few years ago I might have said yes, but with IPv6 coming along, I
think it might be dangerous to make a special case of /32. Hmm. I
suppose one could check specifically for an IPv4 address, but in any
case, it then means you have to do two lookups (one with the /32 and one
without) which seems a bit wasteful.
Perhaps a better approach might be to invent something entirely
different to mean "use the IP address as the key". Maybe just "net"
without any following number?
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