Re: Proposal to apply mask to IP address set on rule

Mouse <[email protected]> Sat, 24 May 2025 15:42:13 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.network
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> Isn't the whois record for the address expected to have the correct
>> subnet size?

>> That is what I have always used when adding an entry to a npf blocklist.

> Maybe, but it seems there are hosting companies and then somebody
> gets a /24.

If they can't be bothered to SWIP their customer ranges, any collateral
damage is, in my opinion, on them.  (Mildly hypocritical of me to say,
in that I'm operating from a non-SWIPped /29....)

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