Re: Question on 7.0.0.0/8

[David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>]

Hi,

On Apr 14, 2007, at 12:47 PM, Rob Thomas wrote:
> We checked with IANA, ARIN, and the US DoD regarding 7.0.0.0/8.  We  
> were told that this netblock should not see the light of day,

Right.  Packets sourced out of 7.0.0.0/8 should never be seen on the  
Internet.

> though there is some debate about its allocation status.

Not really.  The debate is about how that status should be reflected  
in the IPv4 registry maintained by IANA. The ARIN data is, as far as  
I am aware, accurate.

> We're waiting for all of those parties to issue a consistent  
> statement before we make any changes.

When we tried to update the IANA registry to reflect what was in the  
ARIN database, we were told not to.  We tried to explain the  
registration information was already public via ARIN, but were told  
not to update the IANA registry.  IANA and ARIN are working out  
something to resolve this issue.

Rgds,
-drc