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Asked: 2013-10-17 06:27:47 +0800 CST

Difference between Masked IP and Single IP?

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I was thinking of using this code to block access to public methods in my asp.net mvc application:

/// <summary>
/// Comma seperated string of allowable IPs with masks. Example "10.2.0.0;255.255.0.0,10.3.0.0;255.255.0.0"
/// </summary>
/// <value>The masked Ips.</value>
public string AllowedMaskedIPs { get; set; }

Excerpt taken from here.

But I was curious as to what is the difference between a masked ip and a single ip? Basically, what is a masked ip?

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2 Answers

  1. A Masked IP in the context you mentioned is a network range, which in turn is the network address plus its subnet mask. One uses this to match all IP addresses from a particular network.

    Example from the link you posted:

    10.2.0.0;255.255.0.0, CIDR Notation: 10.2.0.0/16

    % ipcalc 10.2.0.0/255.255.0.0
Address:   10.2.0.0             00001010.00000010. 00000000.00000000
Netmask:   255.255.0.0 = 16     11111111.11111111. 00000000.00000000
Wildcard:  0.0.255.255          00000000.00000000. 11111111.11111111
=>
Network:   10.2.0.0/16          00001010.00000010. 00000000.00000000
HostMin:   10.2.0.1             00001010.00000010. 00000000.00000001
HostMax:   10.2.255.254         00001010.00000010. 11111111.11111110
Broadcast: 10.2.255.255         00001010.00000010. 11111111.11111111
Hosts/Net: 65534                 Class A, Private Internet

    The example given matches all hosts between (and including) 10.2.0.0 and 10.2.255.255.

    Have a look at the Wikipedia article on subnetting for a more detailed explanation.

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  2. A single IP is similar to a masked ip with a mask of 255.255.255.255 or /32 in CIDR notation.

    A masked IP is, in this case, a subnet definition.

    10.2.0.0;255.255.0.0

    means 10.2.0.0/16 which are all addresses from 10.2.0.0 to 10.2.255.255 (including network and broadcast addresses)

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