Proposal for Temporary Special Class A Space Guidelines

Hi,

> >  . I'm slightly unhappy with the frequent use of the terms "class A" and
> >    "class C". I think we are trying for a while now to sort of phase-out
> >    the usage of these terms. So I'd prefer to
> >
> >    - clearly qualify the usage of these terms as obsolete, or "old
> >      classful terminology",
> >
> >    - wherever possible, please replace "class x" with the appropriate
> >      address range. I think this would make the paper more obvious
> >      anyway.
> 
> Not an easy one.  Sure, you can put the offending terms in 
> quotes, as Wilfried does, to indicate disdain for this old
> politically incorrect terminology.  But there's no getting
> away from the fact that when you say Class A in the document,
> you really mean Class A and not /8 - you don't mean that 
> 196.0.0.0/8, for example, comes under the heading of Class A 
> for the purposes of special allocation.
> 
> Instead of Class A, you could say "addresses in the range
> 1.0.0.0 - 126.255.255.255" or something, but this could be
> clumsy and why not use the term that means the same, anyway.

 How about just:

   0.0.0.0/2	(old 'A' space)
 128.0.0.0/2	(old 'B' space)
 192.0.0.0/2	(old 'C' space)

 Cheers

john