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authorPedro F. Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>2022-02-28 04:07:34 +0000
committerPedro F. Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org>2022-03-05 21:00:59 +0000
commit455e0b9ba5dd44511849af7424c922c5c10cb2bd (patch)
tree0255597d63e3d6f7681b73a02ce982c88886c999
parent25375b1415f8a0b0290b56c00c31d20e218ffab9 (diff)
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/etc/hosts: Wording changes to better match RFC 1918
Summary: No functional change. Subscribers: imp Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D34391
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/net/hosts12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/hosts b/lib/libc/net/hosts
index 2690a9ad48e1..1722a0c958d8 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/hosts
+++ b/lib/libc/net/hosts
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
#10.0.0.2 myname.my.domain myname
#10.0.0.3 myfriend.my.domain myfriend
#
-# According to RFC 1918, you can use the following IP networks for
-# private nets which will never be connected to the Internet:
+# According to RFC 1918, you can use the following IP blocks for
+# private internets:
#
-# 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
-# 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
-# 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
+# 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
+# 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
+# 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)
#
-# In case you want to be able to connect to the Internet, you need
+# In case you want to make addresses available on the Internet, you need
# real official assigned numbers. Do not try to invent your own network
# numbers but instead get one from your network provider (if any) or
# from your regional registry (ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, RIPE NCC, or AfriNIC.)