[58722] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IANA reserved Address Space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@karoshi.com)
Fri May 30 13:22:57 2003
From: bmanning@karoshi.com
To: michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us (Michel Py)
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 10:22:20 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: bmanning@karoshi.com, Brennan_Murphy@NAI.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <963621801C6D3E4A9CF454A1972AE8F504F847@server2000.arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us> from "Michel Py" at May 30, 2003 09:18:15 AM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> > Bill Manning wrote:
> > that said, as long as your lab is never going to
> > connect to the Internet, you may want to consider
> > using the following prefixes:
> > [..]
> > 127.0.0.0/8
>
> I would not use 127.0.0.0/8 for anything.
>
> Michel.
>
that would be you.
in 1989, i built a 6,000 node network w/ 400 subnets
out of that address range. worked a treat. since then
the UNIX fascists have tightened their grip on what
the enterprising admin can do w/ that portion of the
address map.
now 127.0.0.0/8 seems mostly good for things like NTP
and "host" addresses, not tied to any specific interface.
still useful for some of us.
--bill
