Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
RFC 1338, “Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy”, is an Informational document published in June 1992 by V. Fuller, T. Li, J. Yu, K. Varadhan. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1519 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo discusses strategies for address assignment of the existing IP address space with a view to conserve the address space and stem the explosive growth of routing tables in default-route-free routers run by transit routing domain providers. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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- RFC 1337 TIME-WAIT Assassination Hazards in TCP
- RFC 1339 Remote Mail Checking Protocol
- RFC 1336 Who's Who in the Internet: Biographies of IAB, IESG and IRSG Members
- RFC 1340 Assigned Numbers
- RFC 1335 A Two-Tier Address Structure for the Internet: A Solution to the Problem of Address Space Exhaustion
- RFC 1341 MIME : Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies
- RFC 1334 PPP Authentication Protocols
- RFC 1342 Representation of Non-ASCII Text in Internet Message Headers