Re: 202203071610.AYC Re: Making Use of 240/4 NetBlock

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 7:51 PM Abraham Y. Chen <aychen () avinta com> wrote:
> 1)    " ...  should be ...  ":    Instead of "hand wave", this is a diplomatic expression to challenge the software 
> engineers' knowledge of the networking program code for the current case. Ever since we started our study, we were 
> quite puzzled by why the 240/4 netblock was regarded so special? Why no one could tell us what led to its current 
> status, and even after IPv4 was set to transition to IPv6?


https://www.iana.org/assignments/iana-ipv4-special-registry/iana-ipv4-special-registry.xhtml

Which leads to RFC 1112 section 4, the disposition of which last
changed in 1989.

You are now informed about its current status along with when and how
it got to be that way.

Regards,
Bill Herrin



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