[tor-bugs] #12378 [Tor]: Tor configuration policies using network CIDR syntax should clamp mask bits appropriately

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#12378: Tor configuration policies using network CIDR syntax should clamp mask bits
appropriately
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     Reporter:  anon       |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor        |    Version:
   Resolution:  not a bug  |   Keywords:  config exit-policy
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Comment (by tordienet):

 I maintain tordienet.  FWIW, 224.0.0.0/3 is what I intended to express.
 If you only allow me to write rules that cover /8, I would have to add 32
 rules to express the same thing, which seems silly.

 You could safely interpret 10.254.0.0/8 as 10.0.0.0/8, since they mean the
 same thing.  But you should never change the bitmask: 10.254.0.0/8 ->
 10.254.0.0/16 is really not the same thing.

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