I have taken a course on IP numbers etc. but I dont recall. (ok it was 
years ago) what /32 means.
If i issue the command 
 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 69.212.12.76/32 -j DROP
Vs
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 69.212.12.76/24 -j DROP
Or even
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 69.212.12.76 -j DROP
I think /32 based on an ip calculator is only that IP?
Right ??
 
/24 of course means from 10.1.0.1 to 10.1.0.254
 
And of course no ending just means that specific ip.
 
Can anyone confirm if Im right or if Im off base. I also asume that any of 
these syntaxes are acceptable depending on what you want.
 
Thanks.

 

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