address sets (DOH!, found it)

Asenchi asenchi at asenchi.com
Tue Apr 8 11:00:55 PDT 2003


Ok, well I must have missed it, but after printing out the man page and reading more thoroughly I found the answer.  Sorry, I must be a little crazy.

Curt Micol

On Tue, 8 Apr 2003 11:01:33 -0400
Asenchi <asenchi at asenchi.com> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I have a question that seems really simple but I'll be damned if I can find anyting on the net for it.  The question is from a part of the ipfw(8) man page.
> 
> Here is my question:
> 
> How do you read this: addr/masklen{num,num,...}
> or for a better understanding, this: 10.1.2.0/24{20,35,66,18}
> 
> Let me start with what I do know about it.  I know that this (10.1.2.0/24) means the entire Class C of 10.1.2.0  That I completely understand, but I can't find an explanation of how to read the {20,35,66,18} part of the example.
> 
> This is probably ridiculously simple, however I can't find an explanation anywhere.  For the record, I have googled, bsdforumed, mailinglisted and searched tech definition sites.  The man page calls them Address Sets but no one else can define that...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Curt Micol
> 


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