From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from r.rg.net (r.rg.net [198.180.152.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B4E03E1208 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:01:14 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.180.152.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781107275; cv=none; b=P9yGncX/YjKtykOPqadETKgPs14WlRSnUu/gaA6Pjljaa0jnX9f3V1TkfFrM+liC7DkdsMERGLyND9yOvgxe0Y57XwinDWhb4uK+Nz9FSjJo5uoE/1RhOlwRN3QHD43bB+JT0p7F7xkMNx1n1Hkyy2lDI3FMJ0I/SQXJt5hXBm0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781107275; c=relaxed/simple; bh=1QNgOUXmaVqAyzoTzA9KdJcfWxH6a23FgvlLI1Bewqw=; h=Date:Message-ID:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=MZ40NMG8cDSjtSdQ/uzDLGK4zt69Bj2oTAlEe/w/Ppg0wMGWKA3zWXQ33zGVtJ94j/pjvhaJJz+vjCBi5/M0eP9sn6HZpLSOlUCyOOpItYaPbg6IBevAW6CO8R15q+S/FjVKZO3jYeej3LLsXT2545Gl0Yb24f284q7Vaq+49+I= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=psg.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=psg.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=psg.com header.i=@psg.com header.b=cVnj2WX+; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.180.152.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=psg.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=psg.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=psg.com header.i=@psg.com header.b="cVnj2WX+" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=psg.com; s=rgnet-mail; t=1781107273; bh=1QNgOUXmaVqAyzoTzA9KdJcfWxH6a23FgvlLI1Bewqw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=cVnj2WX+yKs5QDRi2dfZfu+C8RrR5ky+/UDabknOgIdamKoMtQGWUBVJJgN77T3BE xhD18tebphRJPOvjD8yFWC2GPbtABY8LwhxnFSGcwLFmGlQynpqAB/OZuZjJpYxKdD sQnsIRRD5LAagwvegYdhPKNYuwDGHfH+00GXxvtM7vGGKcklWoDcfz/ntTU40kNbbc AGQmu+3yCTxwEf3HcLhDhHJlxXFM/Kl3EhKvRwUSo0b6cpSA3Ksjf3foB04/fAJeY7 N/JWmece86J5eViS7A/3vS2s/Pym9j6szOKFVHVZeRHnIAYenvBGQwYuSoudJR+B64 CX48JiPDOQSdQ== Received: from ryuu.rg.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r.rg.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D7BD8026E; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:01:13 -0700 Message-ID: From: Randy Bush To: Reindl Harald Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: prefix len confusion In-Reply-To: <24394eb0-abf4-4825-9041-0554badd34a8@thelounge.net> References: <7b1ed82b-3bdd-4cae-bb08-7f8479778a7a@app.fastmail.com> <24394eb0-abf4-4825-9041-0554badd34a8@thelounge.net> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/27.2 Mule/6.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netfilter@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > you guys realize that "642" can't be part of an ipv4 address and > "should cover" is best answered with ipcalc in that case it says the > input is nonsense my apologies. i meant the >256 octets to signal that these data had been manipulated with intent to anonymize. i did not intent to give heartburn to a fellow ipcalc user. randy