Re: CIDR in pg_hba.conf

--On Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:44:12 -0600 "scott.marlowe" 
<scott.marlowe@ihs.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 7 May 2003, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday 07 May 2003 09:50, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> > So in hba.c, if we found a / in the IP address, we wouldn't go looking
>> > for a separate netmask field.
>>
>> Is anyone else uncomfortable with variable number of fields?  I know
>> there is  prior art but it still spooks me a little.  How about a space
>> after the  address and before the slash?  That way the netmask is in the
>> same field as  always (as are the following fields) and it's just an
>> alternative syntax.
>
> If that's the case, then just drop the / from the address and make the
> mask field varialble, so if it has .s in it it's a netmask, otherwise
> it's  a number like a CIDR's second half.
I'd prefer to have the /'s.  It makes it easier to generate the file
magically (perhaps from PG itself).

LER

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