[2190] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Address "portability"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Manning)
Thu Mar 21 16:42:07 1996
From: bmanning@isi.edu (Bill Manning)
To: kozowski@structured.net (Eric Kozowski)
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 13:13:31 -0800 (PST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199603210615.WAA04700@chaos.structured.net> from "Eric Kozowski" at Mar 20, 96 10:15:01 pm
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> What is the general consensus of this group regarding the "portability" of
> addresses in the 204/8 and 205/8 range?
>
All address prefixes are portable. Their routability by any
given transit provider is always suspect and varies from time
to time.
This nomenclature has been foisted on the unsuspecting by well
intentioned people. This idea fosters the myth of global
reachability for any given prefix.
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--bill
