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Re: Is it safe to use 240.0.0.0/4

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Job Snijders)
Wed Jun 17 18:00:50 2015

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 05:07:25PM -0400, Luan Nguyen wrote:
> Is that safe to use [240.0.0.0/4] internally? Anyone using it?  Just
> for NATTING on Cisco gears...

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 06:30:04PM -0300, Eduardo Schoedler wrote:
> And what about 0.0.0.0/8?

On both counts: NO. I always assume parties strive to deliver the best
service to their respective customers, IMHO this means avoiding IP space
which was not designated for a global purpose (yet).

Kind regards,

Job

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