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Re: IAB and "private" numbering
From: Tony Tauber <ttauber () 1-4-5 net>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:09:13 -0800 (PST)
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005, Michael.Dillon () btradianz com wrote:
I'd like to see some acknowledgement that there are legitimate uses of number resources that don't include "the public Internet".It's already there in RFC 2050:
Thanks for the reminder.
3 a) the organization has no intention of connecting to the Internet-either now or in the future-but it still requires a globally unique IP address. The organization should consider using reserved addresses from RFC1918. If it is determined this is not possible, they can be issued unique (if not Internet routable) IP addresses.
FWIW, I'd change s/routable/routed/g since all addresses are "routable". Once I actually heard someone say "a Cisco won't even accept a 10 net
address". Not sure how that person thought all those addresses are being used, then. Imagine Cisco cutting itself off from the lucrative RFC1918 market...
Does this concern make sense?No.Is there a(nother) better venue than the IAB?ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC, AfriNIC, NRO
I just get concerned when hearing people (e.g. at the recent ARIN/NANOG meeting) talking about reclaiming address-space or ASNs based on lack of appearance in "Public". I'm not saying that reclaimation shouldn't be pursued, but that it should use other criteria or procedures. Tony
My company is one of several companies that operate IP networks that are not part of the public Internet but which do use globally unique registered IP addresses. --Michael Dillon
Current thread:
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering, (continued)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Christopher L. Morrow (Nov 12)
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- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Christopher L. Morrow (Nov 12)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Geoff Huston (Nov 13)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Peter Dambier (Nov 13)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Steven M. Bellovin (Nov 13)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Peter Dambier (Nov 14)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering David Conrad (Nov 15)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Geoff Huston (Nov 15)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Tony Tauber (Nov 14)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Mark Smith (Nov 14)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Daniel Karrenberg (Nov 17)
- Re: IAB and "private" numbering Mark Smith (Nov 17)