Re: [ebtables PATCH] Print IPv6 prefixes in CIDR notation

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Hi Pablo,

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 04:57:40PM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 10:51:34PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > According to RFC4291, IPv6 prefixes are represented in CIDR notation.
> > While the use of a "netmask" notation is not explicitly denied, its
> > existence merely stems from applying IPv4 standards to IPv6. This is not
> > necessarily correct.
> > 
> > Therefore change printing of IPv6 prefixes to use CIDR notation as long
> > as the address mask's bits are left contiguous.
> 
> Applied, thanks.
> 
> Only affects -L listing, right? I think people should not be scraping
> that output.

No, this is effective for ebtables-save, too. Feel free to revert if
you consider that unacceptable, I'll adjust ebtables-nft output into the
opposite direction then. :(

Cheers, Phil



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