[PATCH] netstat(1) should print CIDR prefixes

Gary Corcoran gcorcoran at rcn.com
Sun Feb 11 03:46:48 UTC 2007


Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This is a POLA violating 'let's move with the times' patch that gets rid 
> of the special treatment of classful IPv4 network prefixes in 'netstat 
> -rn' output. Comments please!

Since those 'classes' haven't meant anything for many years, and interpreting
them as 'special' is just plain wrong in almost all cases these days, I think
the change is the right thing to do.

Just my $0.02 worth...

Gary


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