Re: ipfw question

From: Fernando Schapachnik (fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar)
Date: 08/07/01 

Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:45:20 -0300
From: Fernando Schapachnik <fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar>
To: Christopher Schulte <christopher@schulte.org>

En un mensaje anterior, Christopher Schulte escribió:
[...]
> 'The calculation of alias netmasks is important, but fortunately quite
> simple. For a given interface, there must be one address which correctly
> represents the network's netmask. Any other addresses which fall within
> this network must have a netmask of all 1's.'

You learn something every day :)

Any way, I used it the other way plenty of times with hundreds of
virtual hosts.

Regards.

Fernando P. Schapachnik
Planificación de red y tecnología
VIA NET.WORKS ARGENTINA S.A.
fschapachnik@vianetworks.com.ar
Tel.: (54-11) 4323-3381

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