Re: YouTube AS36561 began announcing 1.0.0.0/8

[Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda () icann org>]

On 12 Mar 2010, at 1:34, Kevin Loch wrote:
> Axel Morawietz wrote:
> > Am 12.03.2010 17:03, schrieb Nathan:
> > > [...] Its
> > > amazing how prolific 1.x traffic is.
> >
> > one reason might also be, that at least T-Mobile Germany uses 1.2.3.*
> > for their proxies that deliver the content to mobile phones.
> > And I'm not sure what they are doing when they are going to receive this
> > route from external. ;)
>
> If 1.0.0.0/8 has been widely used as de-facto rfc1918 for many years, 
> perhaps it is time to update rfc1918 to reflect this?

Marla and I have drafted a document examining the issues associated with designating additional private address space:

http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-azinger-additional-private-ipv4-space-issues-03

Please let us know if you have suggestions for improvements to the document.

Leo