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Re: IPv6 mistakes, was: Re: Looking for an IPv6 naysayer...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Fri Feb 11 17:36:07 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=BQyf5Hka-1mD310qJ8RkfqSSFe9gN9osr+3Gg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:35:31 -0600
To: Michael Dillon <wavetossed@googlemail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Feb 11, 2011, at 3:44 PM, Michael Dillon wrote:
> Not true. Two of my former employers went to ARIN every year or two =
and
> received blocks around a /16 in size, specifically for use on global =
IP networks
> that did not intend to ever announce those addresses on the Internet. =
There
> are several other companies which operate somewhat similar networks.
>=20
> Also, "announce to the Internet" doesn't mean what you think it does.
Exactly. Further, just because it's announced doesn't mean it's =
reachable or even connected.
Cheers,
-Benson
