[wplug] iptables multiple addresses?

[James O'Kane]

On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Henry Umansky wrote:

> I always thought you don't have to put the full address like 
> 111.111.111.0/255.255.255.0, you can just put 111.111.111.0/0, 
> 111.111.111.0/128, 111.111.111.0/192, etc. or even if you just wanted a 
> range of ips from say 155-163 then you can just put 111.111.111.155/248 or 
> something like that.  Can someone clarify this, especially if I'm wrong.


The number you want after the / is the number of bits set to 1 in the 
netmask, common ones are 255.255.255.0 is /24, 255.255.0.0 is /16, 
255.0.0.0 is /8.

-james