Proposal for Temporary Special Class A Space Guidelines

In message <199703061746.RAA28808 at halo.theplanet.net> you write:
> > 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)

Surely 0.0.0.0/1, 128.0.0.0/2, & 192.0.0.0/3 or else you erroneously exclude
half the address space formerly classed as `A' (64.0.0.0/2) and include the
224.0.0.0/4 (`Class D'/Multicast) and 240.0.0.0/4 (`Class E') address blocks.

How about simply using the phrase `former Class {A,B,C} space' when talking
about these ranges, maybe with a note relating these to the 0/1, 128/2 and
193/3 notation.

James

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