Re: subnet problem

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On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 10:12:04AM +0100, Antony Stone wrote:
> On Sunday 18 July 2004 11:10 pm, Mail Lists wrote:
> 
> > iptables -A INPUT   -s 1.0.0.0/7 -i eth1 -j cRES_LDROP
> > iptables -A INPUT   -s 173.0.0.0/5 -i eth1 -j cRES_LDROP
> > iptables -A INPUT   -s 181.0.0.0/6 -i eth1 -j cRES_LDROP
> > iptables -A INPUT   -s 185.0.0.0/7 -i eth1 -j cRES_LDROP
> > iptables -A INPUT   -s 189.0.0.0/7 -i eth1 -j cRES_LDROP
> 
> The first first octet of all the above addresses is an odd number; therefore 
> the LSB = 1, therefore any netmask shorter than 8 bits is inappropriate.

  Indeed - wacky list - will fix - I'm assuming that might cause
  problems. Looks like 173/5 is an attempt to represent is 
  173/8 thru 180/8 for example. 

  Will repair asap.

  Thanks kindly'

  gene/

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Antony.
> 
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