[111257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Mon Feb 2 14:49:31 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <BC8D7BBF-E985-4A5B-8E8B-F6DF3475A48F@virtualized.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:49:12 -0500
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On Feb 2, 2009, at 2:47 PM, David Conrad wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Bruce Grobler wrote:
>> Most ISP's, if not all, null route 1.0.0.0/8 therefore you shouldn't
>> encounter any problems using it in a private network.
>
> Is this true?
>
> This will cause endless entertainment when IANA allocates 1.0.0.0/8
> sometime within the next two or three years...
Just like the "endless entertainment" when IANA has allocated any new /
8 recently.
Anyone filtering without either daily (weekly?) checks, or using an
automated system (e.g. Team Cymru) is being silly.
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TTFN,
patrick
