RFC 1338: Supernetting: an Address Assignment and Aggregation Strategy
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1519.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 4632 — Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR): The Internet Address Assignment and Aggregation Plan
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
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.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1338
- Published
- June 1992
- Authors
- V. Fuller; T. Li; J. Yu; K. Varadhan
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- Legacy
- Area
- —
- Pages
- 20
- Also known as
- —
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 1519
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 1338 (1992)
- RFC 1519 (1993)
- RFC 4632 (2006) ✓
Referenced by
One later RFC formally updates or obsoletes part of this document.
Related documents
Ranked automatically by shared keywords, IETF area and stream — not by editorial selection.
- RFC 1366Guidelines for Management of IP Address SpaceObsoleted
October 1992
- RFC 1367Schedule for IP Address Space Management GuidelinesObsoleted
October 1992
- RFC 1370Applicability Statement for OSPFCurrent
October 1992
- RFC 1248OSPF Version 2 Management Information BaseObsoleted
July 1991
- RFC 1467Status of CIDR Deployment in the InternetCurrent
August 1993
- RFC 1518An Architecture for IP Address Allocation with CIDRCurrent
September 1993
- RFC 1520Exchanging Routing Information Across Provider Boundaries in the CIDR EnvironmentCurrent
September 1993
- RFC 1142OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing ProtocolObsoleted
February 1990
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