RE: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space

["Skeeve Stevens" <skeeve () skeeve org>]

Well Quest is stupid for allowing unallocated space to transit it's network.

I've seen ISP's in which a traceroute to 192.168.0.1 got into their network,
and to their upstreams before being killed off at some point.... sheesh

-----Original Message-----
From: David Coulson [mailto:david () davidcoulson net] 
Sent: Tuesday, 3 February 2009 7:11 AM
To: Bruce Grobler
Cc: 'NANOG list'
Subject: Re: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space

I can mtr to 1.1.1.1 via Qwest :-)

Bruce Grobler wrote:
> Yep!, go ahead and trace it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Conrad [mailto:drc () virtualized org] 
> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:48 PM
> To: Bruce Grobler
> Cc: NANOG list
> Subject: Re: Private use of non-RFC1918 IP space
>
> On Feb 2, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Bruce Grobler wrote:
>   
> > Most ISP's, if not all, null route 1.0.0.0/8 therefore you shouldn't
> > encounter any problems using it in a private network.
> >     
>
> Is this true?
>
> This will cause endless entertainment when IANA allocates 1.0.0.0/8  
> sometime within the next two or three years...
>
> Regards,
> -drc
>
>
>