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5.3.5.3 All-subnets-directed Broadcasts
The first version of this memo described an algorithm for
distributing a directed broadcast to all the subnets of a classical
network number. This algorithm was stated to be "broken," and
certain failure cases were specified.
In a CIDR routing domain, wherein classical IP network numbers are
meaningless, the concept of an all-subnets-directed-broadcast is also
meaningless. To the knowledge of the working group, the facility was
never implemented or deployed, and is now relegated to the dustbin of
history.
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