New feature: restrict address/cidr

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:40:23 -0700
Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net> wrote:

> Nice.  Thanks.
> 
> > restrict 10.169.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0
> > restrict 10.169.0.0/8  
> 
> Slightly strange example.  I'd expect 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 ==
> 10.0.0.0/8 or 10.169.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 == 10.169.0.0/16

Your expectations are not mine.  Got a citation that says your
examples are not only correct, but to be insisted on?

> Should that generate an error message?

Why?  ntpd never complained about the mask before.  I've never seen
any program complain about such usage.  It is very convenient as
the user can simply cut/paste rfom his 'ifconfig' or 'ip addr' output.

RGDS
GARY
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