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Clarify description of CIDR-address column of pg_hba.conf, to discourage

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people from trying notations like '10.6/16', which is accepted but does
not mean what you probably think.  Per example from Paul Forgey.
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Tom Lane 2006-11-17 23:25:17 +00:00
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.94 2006/10/23 18:10:30 petere Exp $ --> <!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/client-auth.sgml,v 1.95 2006/11/17 23:25:17 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter id="client-authentication"> <chapter id="client-authentication">
<title>Client Authentication</title> <title>Client Authentication</title>
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</para> </para>
<para> <para>
A typical <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> is Typical examples of a <replaceable>CIDR-address</replaceable> are
<literal>172.20.143.89/32</literal> for a single host, or <literal>172.20.143.89/32</literal> for a single host, or
<literal>172.20.143.0/24</literal> for a network. <literal>172.20.143.0/24</literal> for a small network, or
<literal>10.6.0.0/16</literal> for a larger one.
To specify a single host, use a CIDR mask of 32 for IPv4 or To specify a single host, use a CIDR mask of 32 for IPv4 or
128 for IPv6. 128 for IPv6. In a network address, do not omit trailing zeroes.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>