On (08/04/09 13:30), Peter Memishian wrote: > > I still prefer '/'; I think the risk of confusion with a netmask prefix > length is minimal given that on Solaris netmasks are tied to IP addresses > and not IP interfaces, and e.g. '/1' is would be a pretty strange prefix > length ;-) >
yes, I agree. Besides, in my proposal (which is based on avoiding any confusio with the kernel's logical itnerface names) the "/" will be followed by a numric ip address or a string that starts with an alphabet. Thus the possibility of confusion is further minimized. --Sowmini
