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As the early Internet began to grow dramatically, three main problems arose
with the original “classful” addressing scheme. These difficulties were
addressed partially through subnet addressing, which provides more flexibility
for the administrators of individual networks on an internet. Subnetting,
however, doesn't really tackle the problems in general terms. Some of these
issues remain due to the use of classes even with subnets.

While development began on IP version 6 and its roomy 128-bit addressing

system in the mid-1990s, it was recognized that it would take many years
before widespread deployment of IPv6 would be possible. In order to extend the
life of IP version 4 until the newer IP version 6 could be completed, it was
necessary to take a new approach to addressing IPv4 devices. This new
system calls for eliminating the notion of address classes entirely, creating a
new classless addressing scheme sometimes called Classless Inter-Domain
Routing (CIDR).

In this section I describe modern classless IP addressing. I begin with an

overview of the concepts behind classless addressing and the idea behind

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“supernetting”, including why it was created and what its advantages and
disadvantages are. I then define CIDR and describe how the system works in
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