50 thousand or so prefixes is not that many, so a quick and dirty O(n^2) compare-each-subnet-pair would do it based on, say, Net::IP overlap.

If speed is a concern, then I would go with your "build a tree of up to 32 levels" idea. Such a tree is called a prefix trie, and it is often used in IP routing tables. You can code your own or choose something from CPAN (say, Net::IPTrie or Tree::Trie).

Note, however, that checking overlaps is more difficult than your "inserting a network I find the space taken, I would have found an overlap" idea, because not just the node itself, but all its parents must be checked as well. In particular, you have an overlap either if the node corresponding to your subnet is taken or any of its parents is taken.

rg0now

In reply to Re: Algorithom to find overlaping subnets (Internet IPv4) by rg0now
in thread Algorithom to find overlaping subnets (Internet IPv4) by chrestomanci

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