Modifications to the inet6num in the RIPE Database

Tue Mar 16 18:48:15 CET 1999

In message <009D5362.46E0DF3C.25 at cc.univie.ac.at>, "Wilfried Woeber, UniVie/ACO
net" writes:

>  Taking this one step further, and looking back at what we did with IPv4,
>  where it would be feasible to say 131.130/16, implying 131.130.0.0/16,
>  I wonder if it wouldn't again be worthwhile to restrict the use of these
>  shorthand notations in the Address Registry?

There is certainly something to be said for making it easy for programs
to parse the registry.

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