> Two fairly minor nits with this otherwise complete
> advice:
> 
> - "netmask + broadcast + up" is already assumed as
> as part of the
> interface configuration.  It's better to leave it
> e it out.

Accepted.

> - /etc/netmasks is an ancient hack, and doesn't
> 't work as well as one
> might like.  In a CIDR world, the notion of
> n of looking up a subnet
> mask given just an address is fairly obsolete.
> ete.  Instead, the
> system supports CIDR notation everywhere, so you
> you may as well use
> it.  I'd suggest staying away from /etc/netmasks
> asks unless you have a
>     real need to be there.
> 
> Just putting this into your /etc/hostname.rh0 file
> will do the job:
> 
>   my-hostname/24

When was this put in?
Where exactly on docs.sun.com is this documented?  There is a short snip about 
CIDR in Solaris 10 administration, but nothing on the CIDR entries in 
/etc/hostname.interface.
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