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		zamadatix on Oct 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using less memory to look up IP addresses in Mess ... Good catch, thanks! This should have been "netmasks" instead of "networks" but it's too late for me to edit now.

AStonesThrow on Oct 28, 2024 [–]

A netmask is different and deprecated terminology.

The "/24" you refer to is a "prefix length", i.e. a network prefix being advertised by BGP.

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