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Re: IPv4 address length technical design
From: Johnny Eriksson <bygg () cafax se>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 9:57:34 WET DST
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
And the -10s and -20s were the major reason RFCs refer to octets rather than bytes, as they had a rather slippery notion of "byte" (anywhere from 6 to 9 bits, often multiple sizes used *in the same program*).
Not quite correct. Anywhere from 1 to 36 bits, and not spanning a 36-bit word boundary. Essentialy what is now known as a bit field. --Johnny
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- Re: IPv4 address length technical design, (continued)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Owen DeLong (Oct 03)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design George Herbert (Oct 03)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Tony Finch (Oct 04)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Owen DeLong (Oct 04)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Barry Shein (Oct 03)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Cutler James R (Oct 03)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design George Herbert (Oct 03)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Valdis . Kletnieks (Oct 04)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Michael Thomas (Oct 05)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design David Miller (Oct 05)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Tony Finch (Oct 08)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design William Herrin (Oct 05)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Barry Shein (Oct 06)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design George Herbert (Oct 06)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Barry Shein (Oct 06)
- Re: IPv4 address length technical design Cutler James R (Oct 06)