[111230] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Mon Feb 2 12:04:09 2009
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:03:57 +0100 (CET)
To: pstewart@nexicomgroup.net
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: <89D27DE3375BB6428DDCC2927489826A01F8004D@nexus.nexicomgroup.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> What reason could you possibly have to use non RFC 1918 space on a
> closed network? It's very bad practice - unfortunately I do see it done
> sometimes....
There are sometimes good reasons to do this, for instance to ensure
uniqueness in the face of mergers and acquisitions.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
