Subject: RE: [midcom] R79/80

From: "Zmolek, Andrew (Andrew)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:20:20 -0600

>> allow from 128.102.33.5/32
>> 
>> then a covering request:
>> 
>> allow from 128.102.33/24
>
> Why is this NOT an error?

Routers face this problem regularly without error; they match against
the most specific mask in the presence of mask overlap. Can that type
logic work within a middlebox generally to resolve this?

--Andy Zmolek 
   Technology & Standards Engineer 
    CTO Standards 
      Avaya Inc. 
         [email-masked] 
          +1 720 444 4001 

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