Re: Good quotes on importance of good network addressing

[Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net>]

On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 09:49:28AM +0200, bortzmeyer () gitoyen net said:
> On Thursday 3 October 2002, at 12 h 23, 
> Scott Francis <darkuncle () darkuncle net> wrote:
>
> > Not sure how applicable it may be, but the OpenBSD FAQ has referenced (since
> > at least 2.7) a paper called "Understanding IP Addressing" that I found to =
> > be
> > pretty useful.
> > http://www.3com.com/corpinfo/en_US/technology/tech_paper.jsp?DOC_ID=3D135
> > http://www.3com.com/other/pdfs/infra/corpinfo/en_US/501302.pdf
>
> It seems quite old and not very practical :
>
> * it never mentions RFC 1219,
> * it mentions IPv6 in a few words, without any practical considerations,
> * it explains the old classfull addressing first, instead of talking CIDR 
> right from the beginning.

Well, like I said ... it's been referenced since at least 2.7 (3 years ago or
more) and I'm not sure how applicable it may be. :) I'm pretty sure the paper
was written before IPv6 was much more than a lab experiment. It _was_ useful
to me, but I was familiar with CIDR before I read the paper, so ...

For those with no prior experience in IP addressing, it can provide a nice
bit of historical background. While classful addressing may be passe, knowing
one's history never hurts.

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