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Re: IPv4 address length technical design


From: Kevin Broderick <kbroder () accretive-networks net>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:33:25 -0700

I'll add that in the mid-90's, in a University Of Washington lecture hall, Vint Cerf expressed some regret over going 
with 32 bits.  Chuckle worthy and at the time, and a fond memory
- K

Sadiq Saif <sadiq () asininetech com> wrote:

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Chris Campbell <chris () ctcampbell com>
wrote:
Is anyone aware of any historical documentation relating to the
choice of 32 bits for an IPv4 address?

Cheers.

I believe the relevant RFC is RFC 791 -
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc791

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