Re: Doc[2] Representing IP Info..

[Glenn Mansfield <[e-mail]>]

Valdis,
   >>
   >>On Mon, 9 Nov 92 12:06:51 JST you said:
   >>>2.2 IP Group object
   >>>
   >>>This object provides information for an IP  network  number.
   >>>Regardless  of the actual value of x, IP group objects exist
   >>>for IP numbers x.0.0.0, x.y.0.0 and x.y.z.0.  This  approach
   >>>includes "classical" class-A, -B and -C network addresses as
   >>>well as subnetworking for classes A and B  and  is  able  to
   >>>represent  number  assignment  for a group of numbers to one
   >>>organization (e.g. 193.0.0.0).
   >>
   >>What plans are there to  support class-C "supernetting"? There have been
   >>multiple proposals to hand out  blocks of 16 contiguous class-C networks
   >>to give  4096-host nets,  in order to  conserve the  rapidly diminishing
   >>supply  of "true"  class-B nets.  In fact,  I beleive  that a  number of
   >>organizations are actively doing this already.
   >>
The delegated block supports the class-C supernetting that has been been
proposed in RFC 1338. The scheme does not dependent on the conventional
network grouping of class A B C or D (?).  This is as far as the delegation
of a block of addresses to an organization is coincerned.
Then, when it comes to identifying the ip-network it is simple; all the "16
class-C" networks in your example will be pointing to the same ipNetworkImage.
The scheme works for aggregating or splitting addresses regardless of the
class they belong to.

I hope this answers your question.

   >>
   >>                                  Valdis Kletnieks
   >>                                  Computer Systems Engineer
   >>                                  Virginia Polytechnic Institute
   >>

Cheers


glenn


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