Re: Squat space is now being advertised by AS 749 (DoD Network Information Center)

[Brandon Martin <lists.nanog () monmotha net>]

On 9/11/21 8:36 AM, David Bass wrote:
> When can we reclaim all this unused space from the US DoD?  Serious 
> question.
>
> I’ve never understood how they can just sit on this without having to do 
> something with it.

Remember, just because a prefix isn't in your routing table doesn't mean 
the address space isn't in use.

The DoD uses a fair bit of the address space allocated to them on 
networks that are not visible from the public Internet.  Whether they 
use it efficiently is, perhaps, another matter.

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Brandon Martin