Re: Proposal for Temporary Special Class A Space Guidelines
- Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 02:10:02 +0100 (MET)
hello mike,
> > Good stuff!
>
> Yes indeed!
me too.
> > . I'm slightly unhappy with the frequent use of the terms "class A" and
> > "class C". I think we are trying for a while now to sort of phase-out
> > the usage of these terms. So I'd prefer to
> >
> > - clearly qualify the usage of these terms as obsolete, or "old
> > classful terminology",
> >
> > - wherever possible, please replace "class x" with the appropriate
> > address range. I think this would make the paper more obvious
> > anyway.
>
> Not an easy one. Sure, you can put the offending terms in
> quotes, as Wilfried does, to indicate disdain for this old
> politically incorrect terminology. But there's no getting
> away from the fact that when you say Class A in the document,
> you really mean Class A and not /8 - you don't mean that
> 196.0.0.0/8, for example, comes under the heading of Class A
> for the purposes of special allocation.
>
> Instead of Class A, you could say "addresses in the range
> 1.0.0.0 - 126.255.255.255" or something, but this could be
> clumsy and why not use the term that means the same, anyway.
i agree it's helluva clumsy and i've got an idea to use the (i think) easily
understood term "traditional class A address space" which is meant as
`all addresses in the range 1.0.0.0-126.255.255.255.' what's your opinion?
> Cheers.
> Mike
cheerio,
dinyl.
