[57999] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Question about 223/8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Tue Apr 29 03:55:40 2003
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 02:54:35 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20030429053059.GC8162@puck.nether.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Jared Mauch wrote:
>
> While the issue on the surface appears to be fairly pety, the
> 223/8 block was assigned to a RIR. 223.255.255/24 is reserved per rfc.
And this is why my question. RFC 3330 states that 223.255.255/24 can be
assigned to a RIR. What gives one RFC weight over another? Is it an
issue of RFC type or obsoletion status?
-Jack
