On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> -- Dear Ian Lea, i guess 10.0.0.1/24 is the same as 10.0.0.0/24 >>> as the mask '24' means that the first 3 octets (24 bits from the >>> left hand side) must match ie both mean simply 10.0.0.* >> >> Actually 10.0.0.0/24 means that the right hand 24 bits don't matter, >> so anything starting with 10. will match. > > I think you're mistaken on that. The comment in pg_hbs.conf matches > everything else I can find on the topic: > > # CIDR-ADDRESS specifies the set of hosts the record matches. > # It is made up of an IP address and a CIDR mask that is an integer > # (between 0 and 32 (IPv4) or 128 (IPv6) inclusive) that specifies > # the number of significant bits in the mask. Yeap, got it backwards. Thanks. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
