RFC 1338 makes mention of this in regard to CIDR. Later Kamau Wanguhu ----------

From: Alex.Bligh <amb@xara.net> To: nanog@merit.edu Cc: amb@xara.net Subject: Which RFC? Date: Thursday, January 02, 1997 10:16 AM

Anyone know *which* RFC says a packets should be routed using the most specific route in a routing table, not (for instance) the first route in the table that matches, or, for instance, using a less specific route that has a better metric? This is so basic I hardly know where to find it, but I have a (for the time being anonymous) systems vendor who really prefers the way their kernel does it .... Oddly enough it doesn't work well with subnetting.

Alex Bligh Xara Networks