Matching a prefix in huntgroups file

[Alan DeKok]

> On Nov 7, 2016, at 11:38 AM, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> On 07/11/16 16:03, Alan DeKok wrote:
> 
>> if (&NAS-IP-Address < 10.254.0.0/16) {
>> 
>> Which checks that the IP is "within" the network.  ASCII doesn't have
>> a "set contains" character, so "<" is the best we can do.
> 
> FWIW, Postgres uses "<<" for "is contained within" or "<<=" for "contained within or equals" and conversely for >> and >>=. Newer versions have && for "contains or contained by".

  "<<" is also used for bit shifting.  There is no perfect answer here. :(

  I'd love to use a sideways "U", which is the mathematical symbol for "set contains".  But that's not easy in the ASCII character set. 

  Alan DeKok.