Re: Need help in enabling remote connection

Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> wrote:

>> -- Dear Ian Lea, i guess 10.0.0.1/24  is the same as 10.0.0.0/24
>> as the mask '24' means that the first 3 octets (24 bits from the
>> left hand side) must match ie both mean simply 10.0.0.*
>
> Actually 10.0.0.0/24 means that the right hand 24 bits don't matter,
> so anything starting with 10. will match.

I think you're mistaken on that.  The comment in pg_hbs.conf matches
everything else I can find on the topic:

# CIDR-ADDRESS specifies the set of hosts the record matches.
# It is made up of an IP address and a CIDR mask that is an integer
# (between 0 and 32 (IPv4) or 128 (IPv6) inclusive) that specifies
# the number of significant bits in the mask.

-Kevin