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From: karn@envy.bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Mourning of the passing of the ARPANET
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Date: 29 Jun 90 00:47:42 GMT
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In article <9006271746.AA07726@vax.ftp.com>, jbvb@VAX.FTP.COM (James B.
Van Bokkelen) writes:
|> If we could hope to expunge all the Class A nets [...]

Actually, I'd prefer to do away with the artificial Class A/B/C distinction
altogether. Per-entry subnet masks in routing protocols like OSPF may well
make this practical. I've been using a similar scheme in amateur packet
radio TCP/IP for years and it has worked very well in keeping routing
tables small without requiring flag day conversions when topologies change.

Phil