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Re: IPv4 address length technical design


From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs () seastrom com>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:17:11 -0400


Chris Campbell <chris () ctcampbell com> writes:

Is anyone aware of any historical documentation relating to the choice of 32 bits for an IPv4 address?

Cheers.

8 bit host identifiers had proven to be too short...  :)

-r



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