splitting reverse-zone-file

Chris Thompson cet1 at hermes.cam.ac.uk
Wed Mar 8 12:17:34 UTC 2006


On Mar 8 2006, Mark Andrews wrote:
>
>> In article <dul5t2$1db2$1 at sf1.isc.org>,
>>  Kevin Darcy <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > I don't know why folks still refer to network classes any more. But if 
>> > they do they should at least refer to them _correctly_.
>> 
>> The terms have essentially changed meaning.  Nowadays, "class C" means 
>> /24, "class B" means /16, and "class A" means /8.
>
>	While it may be a losing battle.  I agree with Kevin.  There
>	are still times which the distinction is important.
>
>	There are places in the code we ship where we do things
>	differently based on which of CLASS A, B or C the address
>	comes from.

Out of vulgar curiosity, what places are those? Is this BIND code we're
talking about?

-- 
Chris Thompson
Email: cet1 at cam.ac.uk



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