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	RFC 1219:

        Title:      On the Assignment of Subnet Numbers
       	Author:     P. Tsuchiya
	Mailbox:    tsuchiya@thumper.bellcore.com
	Pages:      13      
	Characters: 30,609
	Updates/Obsoletes:  none

		pathname: RFC:RFC1219.TXT


This memo suggests a new procedure for assigning subnet numbers.  Use
of this assignment technique within a network would be a purely local
matter, and would not effect other networks.  Therefore, the use of
these procedures is entirely discretionary.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
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