[123949] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Using private APNIC range in US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Thu Mar 18 12:28:05 2010
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:03:03 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <4c6b8c911003180852t6565a56fs6819aac1c6d5bbe4@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 3/18/2010 10:52, Jaren Angerbauer wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a client here in the US, that I just discovered is using a host
> of private IPs that (as I understand) belong to APNIC (i.e.
> 1.7.154.70, 1.7.154.00-99, etc.) for their web servers. I'm assuming
> that the addresses probably nat to a [US] public IP. I'm not familiar
> enough with the use of private address space outside of ARIN (i.e.
> 192.0.0.0, 10.0.0.0, etc) but I figure if their sites are up and
> accessible it must be working for them. I'm just wondering if there
> is any recommendation or practice around this -- using private IP
> ranges from another country. Thanks.
I think the correct term is "pirated addresses" or maybe "Hijacked
addresses".
RFC 1918 applies world wide.
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