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For example, in the late 1990s, the IP address 208.130.29.33 (since reassigned) was used by the <tt>www.freesoft.org</tt> web server. An analysis of this address identified three CIDR prefixes. 208.128.0.0/11, a large CIDR block containing over 2 million addresses, had been assigned by [[ARIN]] (the North American RIR) to [[MCI]]. Automation Research Systems, a [[Virginia]] [[Value-added reseller|VAR]], leased an Internet connection from MCI and was assigned the 208.130.28.0/22 block, capable of addressing just over 1000 devices. ARS used a /24 block for its publicly accessible servers, of which 208.130.29.33 was one.

All of these CIDR prefixes would be used, at different locations in the network. Outside of MCI's network, the 208.128.0.0/11 prefix would be used to direct to MCI traffic bound not only for 208.130.29.33, but also for any of the roughly two million IP addresses with the same initial 11 bits. Within MCI's network, 208.130.28.0/22 would become visible, directing traffic to the leased line serving this clientARS. Only within the ARS corporate network would the 208.130.29.0/24 prefix have be used.

==CIDR and masks==