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Re: PATCH: Disallow a netmask of zero unless the IP is also all zeroes

Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-02-11T22:30:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> More generally, should we reject if the netmask causes *any* nonzero
> IP bits to be ignored?  Our CIDR type already imposes that rule:
>

Yeah, I like that idea a lot. That's a great DETAIL message.

Cheers,
Greg

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