RE: RFC 1918

[rdobbins () netmore net]

> If people don't want whiners niggling them about the RFC 1918 addrs
> showing up in traceroutes, they should just put RFC 1918 filters on
> their borders, so that the whiners simply won't get returns to their
> traceroutes.

> -Bennett

I don't know if denying folks the use of legitimate testing tools due to
deliberate misuse of RFC 1918 addressing - after all, its title is 'Address
Allocation for Private Internet' - is such a hot idea.

To quote from the RFC:

        With the proliferation of TCP/IP technology worldwide, including
outside the Internet    itself, an increasing number of non-connected
enterprises use this technology and its         addressing capabilities for
sole intra-enterprise communications, without any       intention to ever
directly connect to other enterprises or the Internet itself. 

I don't see much ambiguity there concerning the intent of the authors, nor
the IETF in accepting their premises.

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