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From: Jason Opperisano <opie@817west.com>
Subject: Re: What's the best way to block these IP's?
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:07:19 -0400
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On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 01:02:31PM -0500, Netfilter wrote:
> Thanks fo the reply... I noticed the error of the "/32" CIDR right after I 
> sent it.
> Brain fart on my part.
> I just wanted to know if
> 218.0.0.0 without the" /*"  would work. (blocking the whole 218.0.0.0 
> block)

the default prefix length when none is specified is /32, so no...using
218.0.0.0 in a rule is not the same as 218.0.0.0/8; it is the same as
218.0.0.0/32.

<need coffee>
 would it really have been such a daunting task to just add a rule using
 both notations and compared the results?
</need coffee>

-j

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