Internic address allocation policy

Mon Mar 20 23:00:11 UTC 1995

> 
> 
> >Looks like a double standard to me...  The same argument could be placed
> >for any subnet not on an 8,16, or 24 bit bound.
> 
> Yes and no.  Technical limitations in things like in-addr name service make
> moving things with any boundary in the last byte very difficult, but things
> with any boundary before it possible (and a boundary on a byte much easier).
> 

But there are ways to do this -now-. Folks are just not willing to do it.
(Ever look at how TPC.INT works?  How about NSAP in-addrs?)
Look, the in-addr argument is just that.

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--bill