Agreed as a user that netmask == more specific filtering. No netmask == use the /32 host as presented. > On Jun 9, 2022, at 12:11 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Am 09.06.22 um 19:52 schrieb Chris Hall: >> I am hoping that it is agreed that it is a mistake for the parser to silently accept unspecified input > > it is *not* unspecified input > > with /24 you *clearly* say "only use the first 3 octets of the address" > > when you use a netmask you are supposed to know what it does and if not just don't specify it - the address alone would have had the assumed result > > it's dead simple and there is nothing to agree