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RFC 1519: CIDR: Classless IP networks

Summary

RFC 1519 introduces classless prefixes and route aggregation to slow down address waste and routing table growth. RFC 1519 was superseded by RFC 4632. Address planning and routing scalability are inseparably linked.

Ideas

  • Prefix lengths replace rigid network classes.
  • Providers combine contiguous networks into aggregates.
  • Longest prefix match selects the most specific route.

Insights

  • Aggregation reduces global state through local structure.

Remarks

  • RFC 1519 has the status “Proposed Standard”; current errata and successor documents should also be checked.

Recommendations

  • Plan contiguous address spaces along the real topology.
  • Announce only the prefixes you need, aggregated where possible.

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