Matt Kettler wrote:
While daryl's comment here isn't entirely on the mark, it is close.
Daryl, read the docs closer. SA does accept this format.
Stephan, If you want to do an implied mask to cover a whole, you MUST
end in a . ie: you must use "10." not "10". If you fail to include a
trailing dot, SA will expand with zeros, but it will treat it as a
single IP address, not a ranged mask.
This somewhat defeats the "minimum surprise" principle.
In "old practice", 10.1=10.0.0.1 (a.b = 256^3 * a + b), and not
10.1.0.0. ping 127.1 still works on (some|most) platforms. (telnet 127.1
works less).
Wouldn't it be better to just ignore such IPs (with a warning)?
