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Re: CIDR notation question


From: Matt Kettler <mkettler () evi-inc com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 17:08:29 -0400

At 11:42 AM 7/10/2003 -0600, Rich Adamson wrote:
Or, asking the question slightly different...
  is var HOME_NET [172.16.0.0/24,172.16.1.0/24]
    treated exactly the same as
  HOME_NET [172.16.0.0/23]
when packets are analyzed?

Logically, they should have the same effect. ie: they will be analyzed inclusive of network and broadcast addresses. However, the /23 version will run faster.




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