Tim Connors wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Jun 2013, Trent W. Buck wrote:
> 
> > Tim Connors writes:
> >
> > >  -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -s 12.3.4.5/16 -p tcp -m tcp -j ACCEPT
> >
> > One gotcha, which applies at -restore time, but not at -save time:
> >
> > Like IPv6, in IPv4 you can omit .0 segments:
> >
> >     1.4   --> 1.0.0.4
> >     1.2.4 --> 1.2.0.4   (I think - might be 1.0.2.4)
> 
> I missed that went it was sent originally.
> 
> > iptables-restore understands this.
> > However, if there is a CIDR it expands differently:
> >
> >     1.4/24   --> 1.4.0.0/24
> >     1.2.4/24 --> 1.2.4.0/24
> 
> Holy crap that's ridiculous.  Anyone who uses those stupid formats gets
> what they deserve.

No worries -- nobody can afford a whole class B anymore anyway ;-P

BTW 1.4 --> 1.0.0.4 works in ping and suchlike, too.
Not nmap, tho.

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