[H-GEN] interesting routing

[Christopher Preston]

(Note reply-to: being general at humbug.org.au vs Christopher Preston <c.preston at chemistry.uq.edu.au>)

Robert Brockway wrote:


> > Notice line 8 - "read-rfc1918-for-details.iana.net".  I don't see how
> 
> Heheh.  I had a cronjob tracerouting nf every 5 minutes. I'd say he
> noticed it, and put that in his dns :)  I noticed that in my logs and
> shutdown the traceroute, as it has served its purpose. :)
>

At least he was checking the logs!
 
> BTW, 10.0.0.100 was _always_ present in the traceroute.

Interesting, I did a traceroute several times, and _never_ saw that
route. I actually have a 10.0.0.* network here also - perhaps that is
influencing things?

> 
> > rfc1918 allows for this
> > Private IP Address to be used for routing purposes.
> > http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1918.html
> 
> Normally the private IPs should only be visible inside an organisation,
> and not visible to the outside world.

Is that a rule or a guideline ;)

cheers
Chris.

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